Andri Gerber – författare

Das räumliche Vorstellungsvermögen lässt sich erwiesenermaßen durch Übung verbessern. Dieses Ziel verfolgt das Arbeitsbuch, das im Vorfeld bereits an fast eintausend Architekturstudenten erprobt wurde und das aus einer vom Schweizer Nationalfond geförderten wissenschaftlichen Studie entstanden ist, die gemeinsam von der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) und der ETH Zürich durchgeführt wurde. Das Buch beinhaltet 75 Übungen, die mit architektonischen Elementen arbeiten, einen Lösungsteil und erläuternde Texte von Experten aus Lehre und Praxis, u.a. von M. Berkowitz, D. Dietz, B. Emo, A. Gerber, Chr. Hölscher, P. Holgate, St. Kurath, C. Leopold, D. Schulz, Th. amp N. Shipley, E. Stern, D. Uttal.

The second volume of the Laboratorium series takes a stance in the widespread discussion on research and the creative process of archi-tecture. Examples are used to show how individual insight can be applied to the design process, thereby making it communicable. Also available in the series: Climate as a Design Factor ISBN 9783037610732 Spatial Thinking ISBN 9783037610558

What consequences does the design of the virtual yield for architecture and to what extent can the nature of architecture be used productively to turn game-worlds into sustainable places – over here, in »reality«?This pioneering collection gives an overview of contemporary developments in designing video games and of the relationships such practices have established with the design of architecture. Due to their often simulatory nature, games reveal constructions of reality while positively impacting spatial ability and allowing for alternative avenues to complex topics and processes of negotiation. Granting insight into the merging of the design of real and virtual environments, this volume offers an invaluable platform for further debate.

How will AI transform architecture? How can we conceptualize AI in the context of architecture? The contributors to this volume discuss different positions to understand the fundamental shift provoked by AI and contextualize this shift in forms of operational theories and performative uses of the medium. The volume includes essays by practicing architects who explain how AI is used in their work, by philosophers who reflect on the impact of AI on our way of thinking and conceptualizing the world, and by scientists who explain the foundations and the potential of AI for architecture. It provides the starting point to engaging with AI in architecture.