Design by Competition : Making Design Competition Work

Name: Design by Competition
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521029704
Price: 7550 KES
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ISBN: 9780521029704

by Jack L. Nasar

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Environment and Behavior

ISBN-10 0521029708

ISBN-13 9780521029704

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 2nd, 2006

Print length 260 Pages

Weight 371 grams

Dimensions 23.10 x 15.60 x 1.30 cms

Product Classification: Psychology

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This innovative book looks at design competition architecture from a social science, psychological and public policy perspective. It shows the flaws of competition architecture, and highbrow architecture in general, for the consumer, and it offers a scientific approach to make design results more meaningful and functional to the public.

What meanings do buildings and places convey to the people who use and visit them? Too often, design competitions and signature architecture result in costly eyesores that do not work. How can sponsors and clients get more meaningful results? In answer to these questions, Dr Nasar, supported by riveting studies of competitions and Peter Eisenman's competition-winning design for the Wexner Center at the Ohio State University, suggests the use of pre-jury evaluation (PJE). He shows the potential value of this approach as well as visual quality programming for many kinds of environmental design for which the client wants to convey certain desirable meanings. The studies, from those specific to the Wexner Center to those covering the scope of history, point to an alternative method for shaping the visual form of buildings, places and cities.

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