Squint / Unsquint: Associative Composition as a Key to Facade Analysis and Design

This study explores compositional abstraction in architecture. The act of squinting adopts propositions from Christopher Alexander and structuralist Marcel Mauss. An analytical method based upon element density and regularity is tested through residential facade studies. Observed limitations prompt...

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Main Author: Carrigan, Colin
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10222/13991