AD PRIMER PERFORMANCE ORIENTTED ARCHITECTURE

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Skrevet af HENSEL

Architecture is on the brink. It is a discipline in crisis. Over the
last two decades, architectural debate has diversified to the point of
fragmentation and exhaustion. What is called for is an overarching
argument or set of criteria on which to approach the design

and construction of the built environment. Here, the internationally
renowned architect and educator Michael Hensel advocates an entirely
different way of thinking about architecture. By favouring a new focus
on performance, he rejects longstanding conventions in design and the
built environment. This not only bridges the gap between academia and
practice, but, even more significantly, the treatment of form and
function in design. It also has a far-reaching impact on knowledge
production and development, placing an important emphasis on design
research in architecture and the value of an interdisciplinary approach.

Though
‘performance’ first evolved as a concept in the humanities in the 1940s
and 1950s, it has never previously been systematically applied in
architecture in an inclusive manner. Here Michael Hensel offers
Performance-Orientated Architecture as an integrative approach to
architectural design, the built environment and questions of
sustainability. He highlights how core concepts and specific traits,
such as climate, material performance and settlement patterns, can put
architecture in the service of the natural environment. A wide range of
examples are cited to support his argument, from traditional sustainable
buildings, such as the Kahju Bridge in Isfahan and the Topkapí Palace
in Istanbul to more contemporary works by Cloud 9, Foreign Office
Architects, Steven Holl and OCEAN.

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