Offsite Architecture
Constructing the future
John D Quale editor Ryan E Smith editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:15th Mar '17
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- Paperback£47.99(9781138821392)
Architects have been intrigued by prefabricated construction since the early twentieth century. Recent advances in design, engineering and manufacturing processes have led to a significant expansion in the use of pre-assembled components, which are fitted to finished structures on site. Collectively, such processes are becoming known as "offsite construction."
A ground-breaking text, Offsite Architecture establishes the current – and future – state of thinking in this field. A range of the most highly regarded thinkers and practitioners from around the globe share their ideas and practical findings on offsite prefabrication, examining theory and practice, opportunities and challenges, successes and failures.
A timely response to the growing interest in this method, the book provides the fundamental basis for a critical, reflective approach to offsite architecture. Contributions from both academics and professionals make Offsite Architecture required reading for practitioners as well as students taking courses in architecture, prefabrication, construction and engineering.
"Quale and Smith have brokered for us a glimpse into the proverbial fray of practicing prefabrication. They’ve assembled a multi-national group of current thinkers, designers, and researchers who offer individual testaments on its constitution. The result is a productive frisson between theory, history, and case studies, each tailored to regimes of philosophy, policy, and place. It is no surprise that this grouping neatly manages to dodge a singular definition, offering instead many approaches to this kind of construction. Offsite Architecture will satisfy the architect who intuits that prefabrication is not entirely known, nor is its future entirely certain, but that to employ it one must overcome the hype." - Billie Faircloth, Partner, KieranTimberlake
ISBN: 9781138821378
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 725g
282 pages