Design process in architecture : from concept to completion / Geoffrey Makstutis

Includes index.

Introduction : What is design? : What is 'good' design? ; Why do we design? ; Who designs? ; Design is collaborative ; Design is a service ; Design is iterative ; Design is personal -- The stages of the design process : Research ; Proposition ; Analysis ; Revision -- The tools of the design process : Drawing and sketching ; Orthographic projections ; Tools for collaboration and consultation: Central Brixton masterplan development, London / Fluid ; Maquettes, modes and prototypes ; Digital models, visualizations and rapid prototyping ; Construction drawings ; Building Information Modeling (BIM) -- Modelling the design process : Where does design fit? ; Models of the design process -- Approaches to the design process : Conceptual : Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, UK / Daniel Libeskind ; Formal : Mies van der Rohe ; Material : Economics and business faculty, Diego Portales University, Santa Clara, Chile / Duque Motta & Arquitectos Asociados ; Contextual : Neue Hamburger Terassen, Hamburg, Germany / LAN ; Functional : NAWI Hydraulic, Koufbeuren, Germany / Barkow Liebinger ; Computational : Theatre de Stoep, Spijkenisse, The Netherlands / UN Studio ; Collaborative : El Guadual Children's Centre, Villarica, Colombia / Feldman + Quiñones -- Defining the project : Discovering and analyzing the brief/program ; Who is the user? ; What is the project type? : Musée d'Art de Nantes, France / Stanton Williams ; What is the concept? : Architecture, archaeology and context: Costillo de Riba-Roja del Turia, Spain / VTIM Arquitectes ; What are the spatial needs? ; The final brief/program -- The design process in action : Concept design ; Concept development : Design development ; Detail design ; Production design -- End-to-end design: New Adelphi Building, University of Salford, Manchester, UK / Stride Treglown : Brief development ; Initial design/concept design ; Design development ; Tender ; Redesign ; Re-tender ; Value-engineering ; Technical design ; Construction design ; Interior redesign ; Post-occupancy -- Developing your design process : Be inquisitive ; Be reflective ; Be challenged ; Be yourself.

Every building starts with an idea. But how do you get from a concept to a piece of architecture? Why do some ideas work better than others? What is a "good" design? Questions like these can make design seem mystifying, especially because the answer is that there is no one right way to design. But understanding how the design process works is an essential part of an architecture student's development – and one of the most powerful tools a designer can wield. This friendly guidebook will help students with all aspects of the design process, with examples drawn from all types of architecture. It also gives students the tools to develop their own unique ways of working. With accessible text and hundreds of images, this is an indispensable and illuminating guide for beginning architecture students as well as anyone who is curious about how design works.