
Puzzling Assemblies
- New physical models, drawings, and projects from Oyler Wu
- Blends expressive form and technical expertise
- Features previously unpublished drawings, models, and projects
- Architectural experimentation in dialogue with design practice
- Explores contemporary design thinking, from objects to architecture
- New architectural lexicon that captures concepts of puzzled form
- A critical playbook of architectural investigations at every scale
- Appealing to architecture students and professionals, as well as the broader design community
- Features essays from leading architects in the practice
- A fresh and provocative exploration of design methodology
Puzzling Assemblies, by award-winning architects and educators Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, is an in-depth investigation into the robust relationship between architectural concepts and puzzle logics.
Organised into three primary sections, Puzzling Assemblies is a dissection of this idea—offering insights into its potential to enrich contemporary architectural thinking. Through rigorous design investigations, detailed drawings, and diverse analysis, Oyler Wu unpack some of the fundamental assembly methods of puzzled forms and engage a series of physical and perceptual operations that boldly re-imagine them at a range of scales.
Succinctly composed and incisively abstract, Oyler Wu presents an inviting examination that expands on tectonic and aesthetic principles of this process, offering a fresh perspective on the evolution of their design approach. With essays from practicing architects like Nader Tehrani, Marcelyn Gow, Paul Lewis, Ed Ford, David Erdman, and Anna Neimark, and a new series of models and projects—Puzzling Assemblies presents a technical primer for multivalent explorations in design, introducing a methodology that emphasises experimentation and discovery.
- Publisher
- ORO Editions
- ISBN
- 9781961856905
- Publish date
- 10th Nov 2025
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding USA, Canada, Australasia & Asia (except Japan; China non-exclusive)
- Size
- 229 mm x 178 mm
- Pages
- 312 Pages
- Illustrations
- 250 color
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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