"This book offers a critical alternative to oppositional thinking by providing a rule-based intellectual construct through which many generative and representational media are able to converse. In a world that has already internalized computational potentials and imperatives, this book helps to demystify the apparent complexities of technical procedures by bringing a renewed focus on the conceptual."
Nader Tehrani, Dean and Professor, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union and Principal of NADAAA, USA.
"Études for Architects is a timely manual for simplifying complexity in geometric and parametric form/space making. Here analog and digital techniques are presented as of equal value in establishing a rule-based design process that encourages speculation and innovation. The how to and why approach is generously illustrated with exemplary student work (drawings and models) and supported by contemporary building case studies that move us from the abstract to possible realities. A must have operational guide for students, teachers, and designers for generating elegance in form."
Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, E. Fay Jones Distinguished Professor, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas and Principal of Marlon Blackwell Architects, USA.
"Albers grounds art and design education in ongoing experience To start out by "playing" develops courage, leads in a natural manner to an inventive way of building and furthers . . . [ design] discovery. Chomas études do the same with equal if not greater force for todays design studio with computers and, I am delighted to add, without. This is a marvelous achievement."
George Stiny Professor of Design and Computation, School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
