Content
1 Introduction
1.1 Abstract 11
1.2 Aim, Objectives, Scope and Limitations, Overview 13
1.3 Broader Scope and Research Methodology 14
1.4 Significance of Study 19
1.5 Literature Review 20
2 Interior Design Tectonics 27
2.1 Technology and Techniques 28
2.2 Techniques of Production 35
2.3 Techniques of Construction 41
2.4 Defining Tectonics in Interior Design 44
2.5 Co-relation between Technology, Tectonics, Production and Construction in Interior Design 45
3 Tectonics and Interior Design 52
3.1 Geometry and Generation 54
3.2 Matter and Articulation 60
3.3 Operation and Production 64
4 Cross-Industry Model of People-Process-Technology for Interior Practice 70
4.1 People and Practice 72
4.2 Process and Design Process 73
4.3 Technology and Production 74
4.4 People - Process - Technology Model and Interior Design 75
5 Theoretical Frame-work 78
5.1 Case-Study Methodology 81
5.2 Quantifying Novelty in Interior Tectonics 82
5.3 Criteria for selection of case-studies 83
6 Case-studies 84
STAGE I
CASE-STUDY 01
6.1 Georges Cafe, Paris by Jakob+MacFarlane 86
6.2 Mapping Novelty in Tectonics 106
6.3 Application of Methodology and Framework 108
6.3.1 Inferences and Verification of Framework 110
STAGE II
CASE-STUDY 02
6.4 Norwegian Reindeer Pavilion, Norway by Snøhetta 114
CASE-STUDY 03
6.5 G.C. Prostho, Japan by Kengo Kuma 136
STAGE III
CASE-STUDY 04
6.6 Cardboard Cafe, Mumbai 158
7 Conclusion 179
7.1 PART I - Quantification of Novelty in Tectonics 182
7.2 PART II - Relevance on Interior Design Field 192
Glossary of terms 208
Bibliography 210
Image Credits 215