CNC A r c h 5 4 9
C o m p u t e r   N u m e r i c a l   C o n t r o l   F a b r i c a t i o n
[Syllabus & Schedule]
[Assignments]
[Readings]
[Toolkit] [Handouts] [Industry]

University of Virginia
School of Architecture

Tuesday/Thursday
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Campbell Hall Room 135

Eric Field
[emfield@virginia.edu]
Room 131, 924-4033
Office Hours: Wed. 10-11:30am.

 

Bibliography of Readings

To download readings, go to the [Toolkit Materials page]

Books:

Eames, Charles and Ray, A Computer Perspective: Background to the Computer Age, Revised edition, Harvard Univ. Press, 1990 [Sci-Eng: QA76.17 .E15 1990]

Droste, Magdalena, Bauhaus: 1919-1933, TASCHEN America LLC., 1998 [FA-OVERSZE: N 332 .G33 D76 1990] [Excerpts on Toolkit]

Mumford, Lewis, Technics and Civilization, Harvest Books, 1934 [Ald-Stks: CB478 .M8] [Excerpts on Toolkit]

Nixon, David and Jan Kaplicky, Constructing the Future, Future Systems, London: Architectural Association, 1987, pp. 7-13 [FA-STKS: NA737 .F88 F88 1987] [Excerpts on Toolkit]

Oberg, Erik, The Machinery’s Handbook, 26th Edition, Industrial Press, Inc, 2000 [Available in the CNC Lab]

Russel, Barry, Responses to Machines, Building Systems, Industrialization, and Architecture, Wiley, 1981, ch. 3, pp 69-98 [FA-OVERSIZE: TH1000.R85] [Excerpts on Toolkit]

Smid, Peter, CNC Programming Handbook, 2nd Edition, Industrial Press, Inc., 2000 [Available in the CNC Lab]

Van Bruggen, Coosje, Frank O Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Publications, New York, 1997 [FA-OVERSIZE: N 3213.B78 1997] [Excerpts on Toolkit]

 

Articles:

Barreneche, Raul A., Computer-Aided Gothic - New tools replicate stone ornamentation for New York's Jewish Museum addition, Architecture, November 1993, v.82, n.11, pp.123-127 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Barreneche, Raul A., Gehry's Guggenheim, Architecture, September 1996, v.85, n.9, pp. 177-181 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Barreneche, Raul A., Office Revolution, Architecture, July 2001, v.90, n.7, p.94-101 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Benjamin Walter, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Illuminations, New York: Schocken Books, 1969 [FA-STKS: PN514.B362313 1969]

Clarke, Tim, We are all prosumers now, Blueprint, January 1998, n.146, p. 26-7 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.B37]

Cramer, Ned, Office dA - Harvard GSD Offices, Architecture, September 2001, p.117-119 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Cramer, Ned and Anne Guiney, The Computer School, Architecture, September 2000, p.93-107 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Cramer, Ned and Anne Guiney, Gregg Lynn Form, Architecture, September 2000, p.99 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Davidson, Colin H., Philip Dunstone, and David Rock, Cosmos: The First Open System for Housing-Kit-of-Parts and Computer Control Provides Complete Subsystems for British Houses, Architectural & Engineering News, May 1969, v.11, n.5, pp.37-40 [FA-MicForm: MicFilm S-339] [Toolkit Download]

Giovanni, Joseph, Building a Better Blob, Architecture, 9/00, p. 126-9 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Gros, Jochen, Der neue Produktionstil - und sein Stil, Bauwelt, November 28, 1997, v.88, n.45, p.2544-5 (Original German, and translated English) [Toolkit Download]

Hart, Sara, Home Work - the House_n project, Architecture 9/99, p.133-7 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Kabat, Jennifer, The Smart Hands of Helga Jongerius, Metropolis, July 2002, pp. 109-13, 157-8 [FA-Periodicals: N 6535 .N5 M47]

LeCuyer, Annette, Building Bilbao, Architectural Review, December 1997, v.202, n.1210,p.43-5 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A67]

Lindhult, Mark and Todd Richardson, Computer-Aided Manufacturing of Custom Landscape Elements, Landscape Architecture, March 1994, v.84, n.3, pp. 30-32 [FA-Periodicals: SB469.L3]

Mays, Patrick, Learning from the Product Makers, Architecture, March 1999, pp.132-4 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A326]

Slessor, Catherine, Atlantic Star, Architectural Review, December 1997, v.202, n.1210, p.30-42 [FA-Periodicals: NA1.A67]

Wright, Frank Lloyd, The Art and Craft of the Machine, Chicago Architectural Club. Catalogue of the fourteenth annual exhibition, 1901 pp. 8-29 [Toolkit download]

 

Manuals and other Publications:

User Manual - M-300 Laser Cutter, Universal Laser Systems, Inc., 2000 [CNC lab]

Denford CAM/CNC Technology - 10 Hour Milling, Denford, Inc., 2002 [CNC lab]

CNC Technologies (collection of articles/advertisements - personal copy) [CNC lab]

Yarinksy, Adam and Stephen Cassel, Shure Studio 2001, UVA School of Architecture, 2001 [CNC lab]

 

Further Reading:

Scheidig, Walther, Crafts of the Weimar Bauhaus, 1919-1924; an early experiment in industrial design, 1967 [FA-OVERSZE: N332.B38 S283 1967]

Le Corbusier, L'Esprit nouveau : Le Corbusier und die Industrie 1920-1925 /, 1887-1965, 1987 [FA-OVERSZE: NX 2 .E83 E86 1987]

Jaeggi, Annemarie, Fagus : industrial culture from Werkbund to Bauhaus , 2000 [FA-OVERSZE: HD9787 .G34 F34513 2000]