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Architecture's Model Environments,

Author

Moffitt; Lisa

Year

2023

Publisher

UCL Press

Type

BOOK

Category

Architectural models

Language

English

Pages

19

ISBN

978-1-80008-409-4

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31-May-2026

Keywords

Architecture & Architectural History

Description

An exploration of the architectural model as a tool for design speculation in history. Making innovative use of the distilling lens of the architectural model, Architecture's Model Environments is a novel and far-reaching exploration of the many dialogues buildings have with their environmental surroundings. Expanding on histories of building technology, the book sheds new light on how physical models, conventionally understood as engineering experimentation devices, enable architectural design speculation. The book begins with a catalog of ten original model prototypes--of wind tunnels, water tables, and filling boxes--and is the first of its kind to establish an architectural approach to fabricating such environmental models. Subsequent chapters feature three precedent models that have been largely overlooked within the wider oeuvres of their authors: French polymath Étienne-Jules Marey's wind tunnels, Hungarian-American architects Victor and Aladár Olgyay's thermoheliodon, and Scottish chemist and building ventilation expert David Boswell "The Ventilator" Reid's test tube convection experiments. Moving between historic moments and the present day, between case studies and original prototypes, the book reveals the potent ability of models, as both physical artifacts and mental ideals, to reflect prevailing cultural views about the world and to even reshape those views.

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