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The latest instalment in the renowned "Pamphlet Architecture series" features the technologically progressive young firm Aranda/Lasch, illustrating their use of advanced computational methods and algorithmic code in architectural design. Tooling is broken down into seven sections: blending, cracking, flocking, losing, packing, spiralling, and weaving, each corresponding to a pattern generated by computer codes, which in turn creates an organizational template for putting projects together - from building materials to large-scale populations. Each section is broken down through a simple recipe that describes the organizational template; sketches and geometric diagrams of that recipe; an architectural project that utilizes the algorithms; and finally the computer code of the various algorithms created for the book.
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Benjamin Aranda and Chris Lasch established their New York-based architecture firm in 2003. Their work has appeared in The LA Times, Metropolis, and Else/Where, and their Brooklyn Pigeon Project was featured on the PBS program "Reel New York."
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is really nicely produced and the content is interesting.
But don't buy it if you actually expect to get your hands on the code mentioned in the synopsis. I bought it mainly for the code and when it arrived there's just a page that says the code is available online. I went to the site and it says it's coming soon, pretty poor considering it was published over two years ago. I even emailed the author and had no reply.
But don't buy it if you actually expect to get your hands on the code mentioned in the synopsis. I bought it mainly for the code and when it arrived there's just a page that says the code is available online. I went to the site and it says it's coming soon, pretty poor considering it was published over two years ago. I even emailed the author and had no reply.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As with all other Pamphlet Architectures, this book had some great ideas. The problem is the authors claim that their code is freely available on their website. Unfortunately said website is permanently in a state of "currently being updated" and therefore the code is not accessible.
Buy if you want a general overview and initial ideas of what parametric design can do; don't buy if you want to use it as a resource to learn how to generate their scripted forms.
Buy if you want a general overview and initial ideas of what parametric design can do; don't buy if you want to use it as a resource to learn how to generate their scripted forms.
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Where's the website?
25 Nov 2007
Format:Paperback
This book looks at scripting from a conceptual point of view. I enjoyed its form and content. The examples of work were inspiring.
Why do I give this 3 out of 5 stars? I feel slightly miss led. On page 94 the authors write "Scripts from tooling experiments are available at www.arandalasch.com/tooling". Yet the site doesn't exist! The authors have yet to create this accompanying site that could give more tangible insight into the nitty-gritty of scripting. I assume it won't happen as its been more than a year now since the book was published. Too bad, because there are really few books that get into the details of scripting without becoming "programming books". Aranda and Lasch could have been pioneers in this area as they seem to enjoy the hands-on aspects of making stuff. Instead, they have dropped the ball.
The book is full of pseudocode which is fine if you already know how to program. But for DIY beginners like myself, its just not enough...
Why do I give this 3 out of 5 stars? I feel slightly miss led. On page 94 the authors write "Scripts from tooling experiments are available at www.arandalasch.com/tooling". Yet the site doesn't exist! The authors have yet to create this accompanying site that could give more tangible insight into the nitty-gritty of scripting. I assume it won't happen as its been more than a year now since the book was published. Too bad, because there are really few books that get into the details of scripting without becoming "programming books". Aranda and Lasch could have been pioneers in this area as they seem to enjoy the hands-on aspects of making stuff. Instead, they have dropped the ball.
The book is full of pseudocode which is fine if you already know how to program. But for DIY beginners like myself, its just not enough...
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Conceptual Analysis with Little Detail
13 May 2008
Format:Paperback
Aranda/Lasch provide a glimpse of what algorithmic techniques in architecture are capable of producing. Spiraling, packing, weaving, blending, cracking, flocking, and tiling are briefly defined, and their conceptual application in architecture is explored.
Although interesting, the discussion is left at a highly conceptual level, and the book could benefit from more detailed exploration and explanation. A website promising programming code to accompany the techniques has yet to be developed (and 2 years from date of publication probably never will) and does not appear to require the purchase of the book in order to access if it ever does go online.
A better discussion of algorithmic architecture can be found in Kostas Terzidis' Algorithmic Architecture, which not only shows better developed architectural projects but provides an analysis of code scripting.
Although interesting, the discussion is left at a highly conceptual level, and the book could benefit from more detailed exploration and explanation. A website promising programming code to accompany the techniques has yet to be developed (and 2 years from date of publication probably never will) and does not appear to require the purchase of the book in order to access if it ever does go online.
A better discussion of algorithmic architecture can be found in Kostas Terzidis' Algorithmic Architecture, which not only shows better developed architectural projects but provides an analysis of code scripting.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Insubstantial...
3 Jun 2010
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Sheds some light on the aesthetic potentials of algorithmic design, but it leaves the reader very unsatisfied. Nothing here goes beyond the basic geometric exercise level. Also, it's a short read and even shorter if you already know the logic behind the algorithms.
The "process" that Aranda/Lasch uses is also downright shallow: make an algorithmic form then force-feed program into it. I love exotic geometry if it's done thoughtfully, but the projects in Tooling are neither very exotic nor thoughtful and the end result is mediocre eye candy and so-so form driven architecture. I firmly believe that more enriching applications exist for algorithmic design; applications that are broader in scope and are guided by an intent to advance the discipline well beyond the making of funny shapes.
Philosophical differences aside, there's nothing in Tooling that can't be found on the internet, for free, and with the relevant code (See communities for GC, Processing, RhinoScript, etc). Do not pay money for this. Tooling is too hollow, too sparse, and too undercooked.
The "process" that Aranda/Lasch uses is also downright shallow: make an algorithmic form then force-feed program into it. I love exotic geometry if it's done thoughtfully, but the projects in Tooling are neither very exotic nor thoughtful and the end result is mediocre eye candy and so-so form driven architecture. I firmly believe that more enriching applications exist for algorithmic design; applications that are broader in scope and are guided by an intent to advance the discipline well beyond the making of funny shapes.
Philosophical differences aside, there's nothing in Tooling that can't be found on the internet, for free, and with the relevant code (See communities for GC, Processing, RhinoScript, etc). Do not pay money for this. Tooling is too hollow, too sparse, and too undercooked.
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