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# Operative Design: A Catalog of Spatial Verbs

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## Description

The core idea for this book is the use of operative verbs as tools for designing space. These operative verbs abstract the idea of spatial formation to its most basic terms, allowing for an objective approach to create the foundation for subjective spatial design. Examples of these verbs are expand, inflate, nest, wist, lift, embed, merge and many more. Together they form a visual dictionary decoding the syntax of spatial verbs. The verbs are illustrated with three-dimensional diagrams and pictures of designs which show the verbs 'in action'. This approach was devised, tested, and applied to architectural studio instruction by Anthony Di Mari and Nora Yoo while teaching at Harvard University's Career Discovery Program in Architecture in 2010. As instructors and as recent graduates, they saw a need for this kind of catalogue from both sides - as a reference manual applicable to design students in all stages of their studies, as well as a teaching tool for instructors to help students understand the strong spatial potential of abstract operations.

Review: Nice little reference book - Small in size, big in style. Great little book for design reference.
Review: I am a design student, this book and its Conditional Design companion are fascinating - So, full disclosure I have had an MFA in painting and sculpture and used to teach art history...now I am getting an associates in design that includes a LOT of CAD and 3-D software classwork. I find these two books to be totally fascinating because of the systematic way they approach building vocabularies and design patterns for the parts of speech. I could easily see building these out as a library of essential design masses.....shoot, I may just do that and see what I can make them do.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #153,205 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #16 in Architecture Study & Teaching (Books) #868 in Architecture (Books) #1,256 in Graphic Design (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 511 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice little reference book
*by J***E on March 23, 2024*

Small in size, big in style. Great little book for design reference.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I am a design student, this book and its Conditional Design companion are fascinating
*by K***Y on December 19, 2018*

So, full disclosure I have had an MFA in painting and sculpture and used to teach art history...now I am getting an associates in design that includes a LOT of CAD and 3-D software classwork. I find these two books to be totally fascinating because of the systematic way they approach building vocabularies and design patterns for the parts of speech. I could easily see building these out as a library of essential design masses.....shoot, I may just do that and see what I can make them do.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really nice book, well printed
*by A***R on September 22, 2016*

Really nice book, well printed, and new. Pocket size perfect to take everywear. In content i love it because it helps me understand forms and it's posible variation better. I study architecture, so it's been a helpfull book.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Operative Design: A Catalog of Spatial Verbs
- Conditional Design: An introduction to elemental architecture
- Siteless: 1001 Building Forms

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