Are You a Model? On an Architectural Medium of Spatial Exploration

This book considers architectural models not as stable objects but as a question: What is a model, really? And where in the design process does it assume its powers or perform its tasks? Thirty essays respond to nine pointed questions, discovering surprising affinities and interweaving observations from diverse disciplinary, geographical, and scholarly perspectives, all framed by an introductory essay and a dialogue between historian Annabel Wharton and artist Thomas Demand. 'Are You a Model?' approaches models as phenomena and architectural tools without seeking to determine conclusive answers. Compiled by a group of architectural and art historians, historians of science, software engineers, architects, and curators, it views models as an epistemologically diverse practice rather than objects sorted by periods, genres, or materials.
ISBN 9783986120726. JOVIS. pb. 240 pages. colour & b/w ills. 17 x 24cm.
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