Are You a Model? : : On an Architectural Medium of Spatial Exploration / / ed. by Anna-Maria Meister, Teresa Fankhänel, Anna Luise Schubert, Lisa Beißwanger, Chris Dähne, Christiane Fülscher.

• MitwirkendeR: Amoresano, Giulia,; Avci-Hosanli, Deniz,; Beißwanger, Lisa,; Boeva, Yana,; Boller, Giulia,; Brünenberg, Stefanie,; Calderoni, Alberto,; Cardoso Llach, Daniel,; Chae, Wonseok,; Clausen, Christina,; Cristobal Olave, Diana,; Darò, Carlotta,; Degirmencioglu, Cansu,; Drewes, Kai,; Dähne, Chris,; Elser, Oliver,; Ezra, Ruth,; Fankhänel, Teresa,; Fülscher, Christiane,; Herrmann, Erik,; Höfler, Carolin,; Janecke, Christian,; Kasap, Orkun,; Kotsioris, Evangelos,; Langenberg, Silke,; Loosen, Sebastiaan,; Meister, Anna-Maria,; Moushoul, Christina,; Möller, Eberhard,; Noback, Andreas,; Pellegrini, Ana Carolina,; Pertigkiozoglou, Eliza,; Pilot, Andreas,; Quantin-Biancalani, Stéphanie,; Schepers, Salome,; Schubert, Anna Luise,; Stefanescu, Ecaterina,; Trübenbach, Mara,; Valeriani, Simona,; Wells, Matthew,; Wenzel, Baris,; Wharton, Annabel Jane,; Winkler, Roger,; Zaugg, Maxime,; Zaunstöck, Holger,; Zinguer, Tamar,
• HerausgeberIn: Beißwanger, Lisa,; Dähne, Chris,; Fankhänel, Teresa,; Fülscher, Christiane,; Meister, Anna-Maria,; Schubert, Anna Luise,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : JOVIS, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.) :; 39 farb. und s/w Abb.

Are You a Model? erkundet das Modell als architektonisches Werkzeug und Praxis. Der Band betrachtet Architekturmodelle nicht in starren Kategorien, sondern nähert sich ihnen durch Fragen wie: Was bestimmt die Funktionen und Wirkungskräfte eines Modells? Wann im Entwurfsprozess entfaltet es seine Kraft und wann hat es seinen Zweck erfüllt? Ausgehend von neun übergreifenden Fragen vereint dieses Buch interdisziplinäre Stimmen aus Architektur, Kunstgeschichte sowie architektonischer und kuratorischer Praxis und Software Engineering. 31 Beiträge verflechten Perspektiven aus verschiedenen Regionen und Disziplinen, und suchen dabei nicht nach abschließenden Antworten, sondern offenbaren überraschende Gemeinsamkeiten. Modelle werden hier somit nicht nach Entstehungszeit, Genre oder Material klassifiziert, sondern als epistemologisch vielfältige Praxis verstanden.

Are You a Model? explores the model as architectural tool and practice. The volume approaches architectural models not as categorical objects but through questions such as: What determines a model’s functions and agencies? When in the design process does it unfold its power and when has it served its purpose? Based on nine overarching questions, the book brings together interdisciplinary voices from architecture, art history as well as architectural and curatorial practice, and software engineering. 31 contributions interweave perspectives from various disciplines and geographies, and reveal surprising affinities rather than seeking conclusive answers. Models are thus not classified according to time of origin, genre, or material, but rather understood as an epistemologically diverse practice.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Are You a Model? -- Does Size Matter? On Models and Scale -- Introduction -- Heinz Isler’s Plaster Models -- The Acoustic Scale -- Mica as Model -- A Soft Model of Architectural “Consensus” -- Who Made Me? On the Material Production of Models -- Introduction -- A Step Nearer Their Work -- Vjenceslav Richter and the Reliefmeter -- Mr. Dennis’ Model -- Building Models of Practice -- Give Me Access! On Models in Participatory Processes -- Introduction -- The Politics of Cutting and Gluing -- In the Eye of the Beholder -- Rooms -- Hands in Sand -- What the Hell Happened to Me? On the Afterlife and Decay of Models -- Introduction -- Crossing and Transformation -- How to Use Architectural Models -- Software Models Design -- Same, and Yet Different -- What Is My Act? On Models as Actors and Stages -- Introduction -- Sculptural Puzzles -- From Site to Set -- Modeling Scenic Attitudes -- Am I the Real Thing? On Copies and Casts -- Introduction -- Copying, Building, Sharing -- The Witness-Visitor -- Unstuck Architectures -- The Mockup of the City Hall in Marl -- Do We Look Alike? On Digital Multiples, Twins, and Simulation Processes -- Introduction -- Models in Reality -- The Model Multiple -- Digitally Recreating the Mannheim Multihalle Model -- What Can You Learn from Me? On Model Didactics -- Introduction -- Built Together! -- Let’s Begin at the End -- What We Have Learned, So Far -- What Am I, Actually? -- Are You an Ethical Agent? On Thomas Demand’s Demonstration -- Biographical Notes -- Index -- Imprint