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Blurring the Lines Case Studies of Current CAD/CAM Techniques ‐ BIX
Author(s) -
Chaszar André
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.60
Subject(s) - facade , performative utterance , architecture , state (computer science) , field (mathematics) , architectural engineering , service (business) , cad , history , visual arts , art history , computer science , engineering , aesthetics , art , engineering drawing , economy , archaeology , programming language , mathematics , pure mathematics , economics
The design of buildings is usually regarded as taking place before – or at latest during – their construction, yet arguably they continue to evolve via passive or active processes throughout their lifetimes, affected as they are by everything from the weather to occupant‐induced modifications to responses by environmental control systems. Another, more overt kind of change is observable at the recently built Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria, where the bix installation transforms the building's primary facade in accordance with programming by invited artists. This animated field of light fixtures both literally embodies an example of ‘performative’ architecture and foreshadows a whole range of potentially creative effects achievable through in‐service alterations of a building's state, as posited by André Chaszar in this fifth instalment of AD's ‘Blurring the Lines’ series of CAD/CAM case studies. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.