Main entry:

Picon, Antoine.

Title & Author:

Digital culture in architecture : an introduction for the design professions / Antoine Picon.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser : [Springer Verlag], ©2010.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- People, computers and architecture: a historical overview : the emergence of the society of information ; The rise of computer epistemology ; Cybernetics in architecture and planning; patterns, systems and networks ; The formalist turn in postmodernism and critical theory ; Digital culture, space and sociability ; Architecture as interface -- Experiments in form and performance : The education of innovative geometries ; Diagramming complexity ; The surface of architecture ; From animation to algorithmics ; Intricate or minimalist elegance? ; Digital age subjectivity, performance and meaning -- From tectonic to ornament: towards a different materiality : Contemporary technology as landscape ; The crisis of scale and tectonic ; from memory to oblivion ; reinventing ornament ; A different materiality ; Materials by design ; Design strategies and professional perspectives ; Will robotization take command? -- The city in the digital sprawl : Urban features in the digital age ; A city of individuals ; An augmented urban reality ; Events, simulations and scenarios ; Towards a splintered city? -- Conclusion : Material continuity and the design practice.

Summary:

"Today's explosive developments in digital architecture have affected architecture and the urban landscape. Computer-aided design and digital simulation have led to new forms as well as to an increasingly strategic approach to architecture and urban development. From the preliminary sketch all the way to the production of building components, digital tools offer new possibilities that were still inconceivable just a few years ago. These new possibilities raise also numerous questions regarding the challenges that await the architectural discipline."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9783034602594 (paperback)
3034602596 (paperback)

Subject:

Architectural design Philosophy.
Architecture and technology.
Computer-aided design.
Virtual reality in architecture.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Computer-Aided Design
Architecture et technologie.
Design architectural Philosophie.
Conception assistée par ordinateur.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Réalité virtuelle en architecture.
computer-aided designs (visual works)
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Modern.
Arkitektur design och konstruktion filosofi.
Arkitektur design och konstruktion digitala tekniker.
Arkitektur 2000-talet.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322122
Call No.: 322122
Copy: 1
Status: Available