Readings:

Required:

Cohen, M., The Future Of Human-Computer Interaction or How I learned to stop worrying and love My Intelligent Room. IEEE Intelligent Systems. March/April 1999.

Davidson, Cynthia: Guy Nordenson, Chuck Hoberman, Mahadev Raman: Interview: Three Engineers (Sitting around Talking) Any: Architecture New York, v10, Anyone Corp, New York, NY (1995)

Kronenburg, Robert: Transportable environments: theory, context, design, and technology: papers from the International Conference on Portable Architecture, London, 1997, E & FN Spon, London (1998)

Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo, and Theobald, Paul: Vision in Motion. Chicago: (1947)

Robbin, Tony: Engineering a new architecture, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT (1996)

Zuk, William: New Technologies: New Architecture. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York (1996)

Optional:

"Transportable Environments 2" ed. Robert Kronenburg, Joseph Lim and Wong Yunn Chii. Chapter entitled "Beyond Kinetic", SPON Press, London ,UK. Due out April 2002. (Handout Available)

Supplemental:

Ansari, Farhad, Arup Maj, and Christopher Leung eds. Intelligent civil engineering materials and structures: a collection of state-of-the-art papers in the applications of emerging technologies to civil structures and materials. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers (1997)
Brown, Henry T.: Five hundred and seven mechanical movements: embracing all those which are most important in dynamics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, steam engines, mill and other gearing, presses, horology, and miscellaneous machinery, and including many movements never before published and several which have only recently come into use. 18th ed. New York: Brown & Seward, (1896)
Barr, Stephen: Experiments in Topology. New York: Crowell (1964)
Banchoff, Thomas F: Beyond the Third Dimension: Geometry, Computer Graphics, and Higher Dimensions. New York, Scientific American Library (1990)
Books,Tab: Mechanical Devices for the Electronics Experimenter, (1995)
Calatrava, S.: Secret Sketchbook, The Monacelli Press, Inc., New York (1995)
Carr, Joesph J.: Electronic Circuit Guidebook: Sensors, PROMPT Publications, (1997)
Chironis, Nicholas P.: Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, McGraw Hill, (1996) Chironis, Nicholas P.: Mechanisms, linkages, and mechanical controls. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1965)
Culshaw, Brian: Smart structures and materials. Boston: Artech House (1996)
Drew, Phillip: Frei Otto: Form and Structure, Westview Press, Boulder, Colo. (1976)
Engel, Heinrich. Structure Systems. New York: Praeger, (1968)
Foley, J. and Van Dam, A.: Computer Graphics. Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley (1990)
Fuller, R., Buckminster: Synergetics. New York: Macmillan (1975)
Gandhi, Mukesh V: Smart materials and structures. New York: Chapman & Hall (1992)
Garcia de Jalon, Javier. and Eduardo Bayo Kinematic and dynamic simulation of multibody systems : the real-time challenge. New York, Springer-Verlag, (1994)
Gilbertson, Rodger G: Muscle Wires Project Book 3rd Ed. Celene de Miranda San Anselmo, CA, MondoTronics (1992)
Gordon, J.E: The Science of Structures and Materials. New York: Scientific American Library, (1988)
Hoffman, Edward G.: Students Shop Reference Handbook, Industrial Press Inc. (1986)
Jensen, Preben W:Classical and modern mechanisms for engineers and inventors, New York : M. Dekker, Jones, Franklin Day: Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors, Industrial Press (1977)
Kronenburg, Robert: Portable Architecture, Architectural Press, Boston (1996) (1991)
Kronenburg, Robert: Houses in motion: the genesis, history and development of the portable building. St. Martin's Press (1995)
Lefebver, Henri: The Production of Space New York: Vintage (1983)
McMahon, Thomas A. and Bonner, John Tyler: On Size and Life. New York, Scientific American Library (1983)
Molian, Samuel: Mechanism design : an introductory text. New York : Cambridge University Press (1982)
Molinari, Luca: Santiago Calatrava. Skira, Milano. (1998)
Morrison, Philip: Powers of Ten. New York, Scientific American Library (1994)
Ove Arup Partnership: Exploring Materials: The Work of Peter Rice, Royal Gold Medalist 1992. London: Ove Arup Partnership (1992)
Parsons, Ron Vincent: "Computer-aided synthesis of kinematic linkages." Thesis M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1975)
Pawley, Martin: Theory and Design in the Second Machine Age Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, (1980)
Reshetov, Leonid N.: Self-aligning mechanisms. Chicago, Ill. : Mir Publishers, (1982)
Shigley, Joseph E.: Standard Handbook of Machine Design, Mcgraw-Hill (1996)
Sklar, Lawrence: Space, Time, and Spacetime. Los Angeles, California: University of California Press (1977)
Thompson, d'Arcy: On Growth and Form, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, (1961)
Tufte, Edward R.: Visual Explanations. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press (1997)
Tufte, Edward: Envisioning Information. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press (1990)
Walker, John R., Goodheart-Willcox, Machining Fundamentals: From Basic to Advanced Techniques (1997)
Williams, Robert: The Geometrical Foundation Of Natural Structure : A Source Bool Of Design (1979)
Zerning, John: Design Guide to Anticlastic Structures in Plastic. Polytechnic of Central London (1976)
Zuk, William: Kinetic Architecture. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York (1970)