The
GLASS CHAIR
Edited by
Manuel Heitor
IST Press, 2000
Collaborative Design of…
The
GLASS CHAIR
…Competence Building for Innovation!
In memory of TITO SILVA
Publisher: IST PRESS, http://gep.ist.utl.pt/istpress/ ; Director: Jorge Calado
Publication date: December 2000
Editor: Manuel Heitor, Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+
Instituto Superior Tecnico
http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt
English revision and translation: Peter Collis
(translation from Portuguese of the original texts by SAM, Antonio Sena da Silva,
Daciano Costa, Leonor Senna, António Faria, José Russel and Luisa Coder, Carmo Valente)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to those
who contributed to the success of the project that made possible the
publication of this book, and in particular to the students who
contributed actively in discussions, learned from the experience and
were essential to the success of the project. The assistance provided by
Mrs …, in making available the material by SAM, published in chapter
2, is highly appreciated. The artists who participated in the preparation
of chapter 3 are also acknowledged. In addition, thanks go to Mr
Fernando Esperança and INFUSÃO, who made available time and the
furnaces for building the glass chair, but also for the numerous
discussions on glass production processes. And last, but not least, we
are highly indebted for the financial support provided by the Sponsoring
Organizations that made this book possible.
Sponsoring Organizations:
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Luso-American Foundation for Development, FLAD
Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation, FCT
Instituto Superior Técnico, IST
Camara Municipal da Marinha Grande
Commissariat for the Portuguese Pavilion in HANNOVER 2000
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LIST OF CONTENTS
Preface
Jorge Calado
Foreword
William Mitchell
Chapter 1. As an Introduction…
Creating a new chair. But why? Competence building for Innovation.
Manuel Heitor
Chapter 2. In Retrospective: “AD EPHEMERAM GLORIAM...”
SAM
Chapter 3. Ideas and Creations about “CHAIRS”
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Antonio Sena da Silva
Daciano Costa
Pedro Silva Dias
Leonor Senna
António Faria
José Russel and Luisa Coder
Carmo Valente
Chapter 4. GLASS: BEAUTY WITH STRENGTH
Sushil Kumar Mendiratta
Chapter 5. The IDEA: Creating a Glass Chair
Gabi Celani, Ian Ferguson, Brett Stilwell and Jose Duarte
Chapter 6. The PROCESS: collaborative design and construction of a glass chair
João Bento, José Duarte, Fernando Esperança, Manuel Heitor and Jorge Rocha
Chapter 7. Broaden Perspectives…
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Beyond the Glass Chair
João Rocha
Architectural Education: the role of design teaching
Teresa Heitor
Building on A MANIFESTO FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION RENEWAL
Pedro Conceição and Manuel Heitor