Workflows (eBook)

Richard Garber, AIA, is a tenured Associate Professor and Director of the School of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology's College of Architecture and Design. His work uses computer simulation and computer numerically controlled (CNC) hardware to generate innovative design, construction, and assembly solutions. He is also a partner in the award-winning New York City-based firm GRO Architects. Garber guest-edited Closing the Gap: Information Models in Contemporary Design Practice, Architectural Design (AD), March 2009, and he is the author of BIM Design: Realising the Creative Potential of Building Information Modelling, July 2014, Wiley.

About the Guest-Editor 05
Richard Garber

Introduction Digital Workflows and the Expanded Territory of the Architect 06
Richard Garber

Sketching with Glass

A Return to the Hand-Driven Workflow 14
Sean A Gallagher

Geologic Workflows

The Metamorphosis of the Great Rock 22
Péter Kis and Sándor Bardóczi

The Fifth Dimension

Architect-Led Design-Build 28
Stacie Wong

Mashup and Assemblage in Digital Workflows

The Role of Integrated Software Platforms in the Production of Architecture
Adam Modesitt

Putting BIM at the Heart of a Small Practice 42
David Miller

Encrypted Workflows

The Secret World of Objects 48
Rhett Russo

Understanding Architectural Workflows in Global Practice 56
Randy Deutsch

Expansive Workflows

Downstream Coordination in the Design of Sporting Facilities 68
Jonathan Mallie

From Pencils to Partners

The Next Role of Computation in Building Design 74
Ian Keough and Anthony Hauck

Collaborative Design

Combining Computer-Aided Geometry Design and Building Information Modelling 82
Shajay Bhooshan

Ruptured Flows

An Argument for Nonlinear Workflows 90
Kutan Ayata

Life-Cycle Assessment

Reducing Environmental Impact Risk with Workflow Data You Can Trust 96
John Cays

Coming Full Circle

New Ruralism 104
Richard Garber

Ecological Workflows

Zhangdu Lake Farm, Hubei Province, China 114
Richard Garber

Advanced Engineering with Building Information Modelling

Establishing Flexible Frameworks for the Design and Documentation of Complex Buildings 120
Ken Goldup, Zak Kostura, Tabitha Tavolaro and Seth Wolfe

Sinuous Workflows

MAD Architects, The Harbin Opera House 128
Richard Garber

Counterpoint Architects at the Mixing Desk

Workflows Cutting Across the Whole-Life Process 136
Dale Sinclair

Contributors 142