Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

1.) March, Lionel. The Geometry of Environment. MIT, 1974. Print.

                Initially I wanted to use this source as a reference to develop the patterns I would use on my screens.  Although my project headed down another road, this is still a great resource for looking at geometry.  It is interesting how repeating a simple shape in a variety of different ways can create vastly different geometric patterns.

2.) Hauer, Erwin, and John T. Hill. Erwin Hauer: Continua : Architectural Screens and Walls. New York: Princeton Architectural, 2004. Print.

                Continua is a good reference for inspiration on screening devices.  I really love the elegance of his screening devices, and the way they play with light.  I also find it interesting how he works with technology.  That is something I would like to do more in my projects.

3.) Olafur, Eliasson, Mieke Bal, and Madeleine Grynsztejn. Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson. San Francisco, Calif: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007. Print.

                Olafur Eliasson’s experiment Movement, looked at the beautiful images  created by shining a focused light source onto a simple disc.  As the disc moved in the breeze, the caustic images slightly changed and morphed into something new.

4.) Olafur, Eliasson, and Anna Engberg-Pedersen. Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia. Hong Kong: Taschen, 2008. Print.

                I am inspired by the simplicity of Olafur Eliasson’s projects, or rather the talent he has for making rather complicated and precise phenomena look simple and elegant.  I also enjoy that many of his projects openly display how they work, rather than concealing all the background components in a neat little box.

5.) Guzowski, Mary. Daylighting for Sustainable Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Print.

                This book is a good reference for architectural applications for my project.  Although it is currently designed as an object, it is interesting to think about how it could be transformed into a solar tube installation, or sky light fixture.

6.) Scarpa, Carlo, Guido Beltramini, and Italo Zannier. Carlo Scarpa: Architecture Atlas. Venezia: Regione Del Veneto, 2006. Print.

                This resource was used for my inspiration presentation on Carlo Scarpa.  I am constantly going back to Scarpa’s work for inspiration.  The simplicity in his work and the way he plays with light and water is incredible.  The Canova Plaster Cast Gallery is a great project to look at for light and contrast.   Scarpa is able to create a very dynamic atmosphere with the way he brings light into the gallery space.

7.) Alesina, Inna, and Ellen Lupton. Exploring Materials: Creative Design for Everyday Objects. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. Print.

                Exploring Materials is a great book to get quick ideas on materiality and simple ways of solving design problems.

8.)  Swirnoff, Lois. Dimensional Color. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003. Print.

                The reading on bounced color helped me to better understand the phenomena.  I am really interested in the use of color in projects, not just bounced color but also light filtered through tinted film like a stained glass window.

9.) “Moholy-nagy.org: The Moholy-Nagy Foundation.” Moholy-nagy.org: The Moholy-Nagy Foundation. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://www.moholy-nagy.com/>.

                I love looking through Moholy Nagy’s projects and experiments.   He works with light and the way we perceive color in really interesting ways.