Main entry:

Raffaelli, Baires, 1975- author.

Title & Author:

The fast guide to architectural form / Baires Raffaelli ; translated by Silvia Antonini.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Bis Publishers, [2016]
©2016

Description:

140 pages : colour illustrations, plans ; 15 cm

Notes:
Foreword : Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi -- [I.] Definition of the shape : Mass and matter -- De-compose by surfaces -- Compose by surfaces -- Folding -- Multiplanar -- Wireframe -- Pointframe -- Demi-transparency -- [II.] Operations on volume : Distortion -- 3D folding -- Subtraction -- Separation -- Incompletaction -- Hypershape/abstraction -- [III.] Operations among volumes : Scale and proportion -- Joint -- Sum-traction -- Overlapping -- Inclusion -- Link -- Directions -- Seriality -- Exception/variation/gap -- [IV.] Ground connection : FFShape and open space -- Opening/closure/passage -- Laid -- Suspended -- Embedded/merged.

Summary:

While staying on theoretical ground, this is a very practical guide to the basic forms and shapes in architectural planning and design. The book is foremost a visual guide. The author presents sixty different basic architectural forms with both a schematic illustration and images of the forms applied in buildings.

ISBN:

9063694113 (paperback)
9789063694111 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Architecture.
Aesthetics.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
architecture (discipline)
ARCHITECTURE Buildings Public, Commercial & Industrial.
ARCHITECTURE Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation.
ARCHITECTURE Methods & Materials.
ARCHITECTURE Study & Teaching.

Added entries:

Antonini, Silvia, illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 305596
Call No.: BIB 251571
Status: Available