Learning from Failure in the Design Process

Experimenting with Materials

Lisa Huang

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Routledge
17 April 2020

Theory of architecture; Architectural structure & design; The environment

Learning from Failure in the Design Process shows you that design work builds on lessons learned from failures to help you relax your fear of making mistakes, so that you’re not paralyzed when faced with a task outside of your comfort zone.

Working hands-on with building materials, such as concrete, sheet metal, and fabric, you will understand behaviors, processes, methods of assembly, and ways to evaluate your failures to achieve positive results. Through material and assembly strategies of stretching, casting, carving, and stacking, this book uncovers the issues, problems, and failures confronted in student material experiments and examines built projects that addressed these issues with innovative and intelligent strategies.

Highlighting numerous professional practice case studies with over 250 color images, this book will be ideal for students interested in materials and methods, and students of architecture in design studios.

By: Lisa Huang
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 684g
ISBN: 9781138919211
ISBN 10: 1138919217
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 17 April 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lisa Huang is a practicing architect and assistant professor at the University of Florida School of Architecture, USA. She spent close to a decade working at Office dA in Boston. Lisa has been recognized with honors of the 2016 American Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)/American Institute of Architects Students (AIAS) New Faculty Teaching Award, and the 2017 Building Technology Educator Society (BTES) Emerging Faculty Award.

Reviews for Learning from Failure in the Design Process: Experimenting with Materials

Lisa Huang's new book encourages a tactile exploration of building materials that is equal part experimentation and informed risk taking. The text and images share how architects transform materials through stretching, casting, carving, stacking in well researched built examples and focused student investigations. By approaching failure, courageous design acts can reveal the synergy between technical construction techniques and aesthetic choices. - Donna Kacmar, FAIA, Professor