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Hi there I am currently a student in Scotland at the University of Dundee and I am going into my final year. I am preparing my thesis proposal which will be a discussion on the role of new technology ie. parametric modelling etc and its effects on the design of modern architecture.
If anyone has any good references that could be of interest to this subject could you please post ie. books, websites etc
I have looked at amazon and I am considering purchasing some of these books to help my research if any of you have these books or have read them I would greatly appreciate any comments on the book and the relevance you think these might have to my proposal.
Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing by Branko Kolarevic
Techniques and Technologies in Morphogenetic Design by Michael Hensel
Emergence: Morphogenetic Design Strategies by Michael Hensel
Digital Tectonics by Neal Leach
Designing for a Digital World by Neal Leach
Contemporary Techniques in Architecture (Architectural Design S.) by A. Rahim

ktm07

Steven,

The books that you list are good references but I would also encourage you to also look at journal articles and conference proceedings. As a general rule, scholarly articles will be more current than material published in books due to publishing time. Many of the authors that you have listed have published articles recently too. Databases such as FirstSearch, ArticlesFirst, Web of Knowledge, Web of Science and ERIC will help get you started. These databases should be accessible in your schools library.

Also check acadia.org since many of the authors that you have listed are members.

Tom

Ernest Burden

I would suggest getting to know/interviewing some practicing architects who use those techniques. Are there any firms doing so within traveling distance to you? A number of firms showed off BIM and parametrics at the Design Visualization Conference 1.0 in Boston. Look up the presenters and contact them. Books are fine, but real people are better sources of information.

Some things look great on paper but don't work nearly as well in practice. I suspect architectural parametrics is one of them.

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