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Physical Modelling for Architecture and Building Design: A design practice tool

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Physical models have been an essential design tool for architecture, building design and urban projects, aiding design development from conception to realisation. Despite digitalisation, physical modelling remains a vital design tool. In Physical Modelling for Architecture and Building Design, Olga Popovic Larsen explores the role of physical models in current design practice and how these roles have been affected by modern day digital tools. The book also presents different contexts in which physical models are relevant and how they are used in the design process by different professions through detailed case studies.

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Weight 1000 g
Author

Olga Popovic Larsen
Publisher

ICE Publishing
ISBN Number

978-0-7277-6383-9
Year

2020

Contents About the author vi
Acknowledgements vii

Part 1

1 Introduction 3

2 Physical models throughout history 7

3 To create – physical models as tools for
exploration and conceptualisation 37

4 To see – physical models enabling
visualisation, representation and
communication 65

5 To understand – physical models aiding
understanding through testing and
verification 99

6 To guide – physical models as tools for
construction definition, guiding assembly
and task sequencing 125

7 To link – physical models linking physical
and digital environments 153

Part 2

Case study 1 dRMM – pioneers of timber architecture
developed through physical modelling 181

Case study 2 Mamoru Kawuguchi – physical models
aiding design, verification and construction
of complex spatial structures 195

Case study 3 Søren Jensen Engineers – interplay of
computational tools and physical
models, achieving highest precision
and design quality 211

Postscript 233

Bibliography 235

Index 243