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9780521444491

Design by Competition: Making Design Competition Work

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521444491

  • ISBN10:

    0521444497

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-02-28
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

What meanings do buildings and places convey to the people who use and visit them? Too often, design competitions and signature architecture result in costly eyesores that do not work. How can sponsors and clients get more meaningful results? In answer to these questions, Dr Nasar, supported by riveting studies of competitions and Peter Eisenman's competition-winning design for the Wexner Center at the Ohio State University, suggests the use of pre-jury evaluation (PJE). He shows the potential value of this approach as well as visual quality programming for many kinds of environmental design for which the client wants to convey certain desirable meanings. The studies, from those specific to the Wexner Center to those covering the scope of history, point to an alternative method for shaping the visual form of buildings, places and cities.

Author Biography

Jack L. Nasar is Professor of City and Regional Planning at the Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustration and Tables
xv
Introduction 1(4)
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
The Wexner Center Competition
5(15)
What Do We Know About Architectural Competitions?
20(41)
Meaning Matters
61(14)
PART TWO: EVALUATIONS
Managing Meaning Through Visual Quality Programming
75(15)
Popular Evaluations of the Wexner Center Entries
90(8)
Popular Evaluations of the Completed Building
98(14)
Working in a Work of Art: A Postoccupancy
Evaluation of the Wexner Center
112(33)
PART THREE: PRESCRIPTIONS
Model for Running Design Competitions
145(18)
Toward a New Democratic Architecture
163(8)
APPENDICES
A The Use of Prejury Evaluation 171(8)
B Comments on Design Competitions by Participants in the Wexner Center Competition 179(20)
C Selected Tables of Results 199(15)
References 214(17)
Index 231

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