I`m currently doing a research on science buildings, mainly concentrating on buildings built for optic research, electro magnetism, astronomy, weather stations..
The aim is to get an idea about the magnanimity of these built spaces and to get an idea of important design aspects and treatment of spaces w.r.t circulation, security, material etc..
Anybody done thesis on science buildings?
chameleon ... i wrote my thesis on biotech-related industrial parks (or in urban planning parlance, technopoles). There are many architecture firms out there that specialize in science buildings, and one that comes to the top of my head is KMLabs.
as for the larger issues related around the building of such science related facilities, try manuel castells and peter hall's technopoles of the world or stephen graham and simon marvin's splintering urbanism
a thesis by susanne seitinger (MCP, MIT urban studies and planning) and a dissertation by anthony townsend (phD, MIT urban studies and planning) may also be helpful .... these particular works can be found either on the MIT Media Lab website or the MIT digital theses collection.
also, reinhold martin's the organizational complex talks a bit about bucky fuller's designs for radar installations for the USAF.
yalo is right ... check out the work of peter galison, antoine picon, ken alder, betty jo teeter dobbs, as well as edward eigen.
thanks smokety and yalo. i`m trying to get hold of 'the organisational complex'.
infact, i was looking out for a book that suggests the design process for such buildings.
i`m checking out the works of these guys and MIT media lab site is a great help. thanks..
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Research help- a tough one
I`m currently doing a research on science buildings, mainly concentrating on buildings built for optic research, electro magnetism, astronomy, weather stations..
The aim is to get an idea about the magnanimity of these built spaces and to get an idea of important design aspects and treatment of spaces w.r.t circulation, security, material etc..
Anybody done thesis on science buildings?
Any suggestion would be helpful.
what school is this for? just curious.
its not a school project, an architect doing a research.
anyone?
or any sources where information can be got from?
general spatial requisites in such buildings?
look up the work of peter gaison, professor of history of science and physics at harvard. he has done a lot of work on this subject. good luck!
sorry that's peter galison
chameleon ... i wrote my thesis on biotech-related industrial parks (or in urban planning parlance, technopoles). There are many architecture firms out there that specialize in science buildings, and one that comes to the top of my head is KMLabs.
as for the larger issues related around the building of such science related facilities, try manuel castells and peter hall's technopoles of the world or stephen graham and simon marvin's splintering urbanism
www.telegeography.com has some cool floor sections of science-related buildings.
a thesis by susanne seitinger (MCP, MIT urban studies and planning) and a dissertation by anthony townsend (phD, MIT urban studies and planning) may also be helpful .... these particular works can be found either on the MIT Media Lab website or the MIT digital theses collection.
also, reinhold martin's the organizational complex talks a bit about bucky fuller's designs for radar installations for the USAF.
yalo is right ... check out the work of peter galison, antoine picon, ken alder, betty jo teeter dobbs, as well as edward eigen.
hope this helps.
thanks smokety and yalo. i`m trying to get hold of 'the organisational complex'.
infact, i was looking out for a book that suggests the design process for such buildings.
i`m checking out the works of these guys and MIT media lab site is a great help. thanks..
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