TY - BOOK AU - Moffett,Kenneth M. TI - Forming and centering: foundational aspects of architectural design SN - 9781786358295 AV - NA2750 .M64 2017 U1 - 729 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Bingley, UK PB - Emerald Publishing Limited KW - Architectural design KW - Space (Architecture) KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index; Part I; FORMING --; 1; Unitary --; 2; Addition --; Adjoining --; Linear Linking --; Matrix Embedding --; Touching --; Enfacing --; Collidive Embedding --; Superposition --; Encapsulation --; "Z Axis" Cases --; 3; Replication --; Duplication & Regression: Singular --; Linear --; Planar --; Volumetric --; 4; Subtraction --; Plan Oriented: One, Two, Three Dimensions --; Elevation Oriented: One, Two, Three Dimensions --; Variants on the Mediating Cases "Ultimate" Subtraction --; 5; Deformation --; Tensile --; Compressive --; Shear --; Bending --; Torque --; Biomorphic --; Explosive --; Implosive --; 6; Dimensionalities --; Planar --; Volumetric/Planar --; Linear --; Volumetric/Linear --; Planar/Linear --; Volumetric/Planar/Linear --; 7; Formative Hybrids --; Volumetric --; Planar --; Volumetric/Planar --; Linear --; Volumetric/Linear --; Planar/Linear --; Volumetric/Planar/Linear --; Part II; CENTERING --; 8; Limiting Cases --; Radials: Core- and Void-Centered --; Shells: Core- and Void-Centered --; 9; Linking Cases --; Full Penumbras: Core- and Void-Centered --; Partial Penumbras: Core- and Void-Centered --; Unitary Redux --; 10; Centering Hybrids --; Additive: Linear Linking --; Touching --; Enfacing --; Embedding --; Superposition --; Encapsulation --; "Z Axis" Cases --; Replicative: Cores --; Grids --; Subtractive: Incrementation --; Subtractive Accommodation --; Deformative: Morphing --; Deformative Accommodation --; 11; Conclusions --; Forming Modes Related --; Centering Modes Related --; Forming & Centering Related; Architecture N2 - Nearly every work of architecture can be characterized by specific approaches to forming and centering. An awareness of these "underpinnings" would facilitate a more informed approach to architectural design problems, as well as a deeper understanding of the central issues (and flaws) embodied by completed works of architecture. But the addressing of such topics has generally remained multifarious and diverse: more in the nature of a collection of independent issues than an overarching analytical argument. In this book, fresh looks at such issues are assembled and recast into a fully integrated narrative, based on two foundational and complementary aspects of architectural design: those that give shape and those that give focus-forming and centering ER -