Description
Book SynopsisAn anatomical study of building systems integration with guidelines for practical applications Through a systems approach to buildings, Integrated Buildings: The Systems Basis of Architecture details the practice of integration to bridge the gap between the design intentions and technical demands of building projects.
Trade Review"It's a wonderful collection of 30 case-studies." (
SBSE Newsletter, Spring 2003)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgments.
PART I: METHODS.
Chapter 1: The Idea of Integration.
Hardware: integration among building systems; software: integration in the design process; philosophical digression: integration and the progress of technology; framework of discussion.
Chapter 2: The Systems Basis of Architecture.
Systems thinking; architectural systems; developments in systems architecture: precepts and trends.
Chapter 3: Integrated Building Systems.
Modes of integration: physical, visual, and performance; integrated systems: envelope, structural, mechanical, interior, and site; integration potentials.
Chapter 4: The Architecture of Integration.
The example of the Pacific Museum of Flight; program: client, code, and other constraints; intention: architectural ambition; critical technical issues: inherent, contextual, and intentional; the use of precedent; appropriate systems: structure, envelope, mechanical, interior, and site; beneficial integrations.
PART II: CASE STUDIES.
Building database; timeline.
Chapter 5: Laboratories.
Typology overview;
Richards Medical Research Building;
Salk Institute for Biological Studies;
Schlumberger Research Laboratory;
PA Technology Laboratory;Wallace Earth Sciences Laboratory.
Chapter 6: Offices.
Typology overview;
John Deere Headquarters;
Willis Faber Dumas Insurance Headquarters;
Briarcliff House;
Lockheed Building 157.
Chapter 7: Airport Terminals.
Typology overview;
Dulles International;
Stansted International;
United Airlines Terminal at O'Hare;
Kansai International.
Chapter 8: Pavilions.
Typology overview;
Munich Olympic Stadium;
Insitut du Monde Arabe;
Linz Design Center;
British Pavilion, Expo 92.
Chapter 9: Residential Architecture.
Typology overview;
The Eames House and Studio;Magney House;
Experimental House at Almere;
Two-Family House at Pullach.
Chapter 10: High Tech Architecture.
Typology overview;
Centre Georges Pompidou;
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts;
Lloyd's of London;
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
Chapter 11: Green Architecture.
Typology overview;
The Gregory Bateson Building;
NMB Bank;
Emerald People's Utility District Headquarters;
Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies.
Bibliography.
Index.
