Jean-Pierre Chupin

Analogical Thinking in Architecture (eBook, ePUB)

Connecting Design and Theory in the Built Environment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the rich and persistent use of analogical thinking in the built environment. Since the turn of the 21st century, "design thinking" has permeated many fields outside of the design disciplines. It is expected to succeed whenever disciplinary boundaries need to be transcended in order to think "outside the box." This book argues that these qualities have long been supported by "analogical thinking"-an agile way of reasoning in which think the unknown through the familiar.

The book is organized into four case studies: the first reviews analogical models that have been at the heart of design thinking representations from the 1960s to the present day; the second investigates the staying power of biological analogies; the third explores the paradoxical imaginary of "analogous cities" as a means of integrating contemporary architecture with heritage contexts; while the fourth unpacks the critical and theoretical potential of linguistic metaphors and visual comparisons in architectural discourse.

Comparing views on the role of analogies and metaphors by prominent voices in architecture and related disciplines from the 17th century to the present, the book shows how the "analogical world of the project" is revealed as a wide-open field of creative and cognitive interactions. These visual and textual operations are explained through 36 analogical plates which can be read as an inter-text demonstrating how analogy has the power to reconcile design and theories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350343641
• Artikelnr.: 68462379

Autorenporträt

Jean-Pierre Chupin is a professor at the University of Montreal l School of Architecture, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Analogical Plates List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction:
Analogy Beyond Resemblance A Spectrum of Definitions A Canonical Example A
Paucity of Theories for a Plethora of Facts Design Process, Repertories,
Cities and Theories 1 Reflecting on Design Thinking The Design Process as
an Object of Research Cybernetic and Methodological Analogues Analogy as
Creative Technique Toward a Cognitive Approach to Design The Rise of Design
Thinking 2 The Cyclical Case of Biological Analogies The Intertwined Fates
of Architecture and Biology Peter Collins and the Biological Analogy Philip
Steadman and the Evolutionary Design of Artefacts George Hersey and the
Biological Roots of Architecture Analogical Reasoning and the Burden of
Proof Life Cycles of Biological Analogies 3 In the Labyrinth of Analogous
Cities The Città Analoga as a Visual Enigma The Critical Misfortune of a
Hypothesis Climbing the Analogical Mountain Back to Square One with Aldo
Rossi 4 From Linguistic Metaphors to Critical Analogies Classical Regimes
of Resemblance Post-modern Metaphors of the Column Critiques of Linguistic
Analogy Colin Rowe's Method of Analogical Pairing Conclusion: Connecting
Design and Theory in the Built Environment The Analogical World of the
Project Analogy as Inclusive Device Snakes and Ladders Digital Analogues
and Artificial Imagination Cognitive Leaps are the Order of Things
Bibliography Index