Formulations : architecture, mathematics, culture / Andrew Witt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Witt, Andrew, author.

Series:

Writing Architecture

Writing architecture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Mathematics.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

Summary:

"A history of the relationship between architecture and mathematics, with a special focus on the transition in the postwar period between analogue to digital design"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Encoded Architectures

A Machine Epistemology: Encapsulated Knowledge and the Instrumentation of Architecture

Theorems Made Flesh: The Architectonics of Mathematical Maquettes

Alternate Dimensions: Measuring Space from Building to Hyperbody

A Virtuality Atlas: Stereoscopic Drawing and Geometric Dream Space

Illusion Engines: Drawing at the Speed of Light

Labyrinths, Topology, and Meinong's Jungle: Architecture's Impossible Objects

All You Need is Cube: The Political Economy of Voxel Architecture

Geometry's Mass Media: Broadcasting Technique in Architectures Hyperbolic Era

Crystal Collectives: Architectures Chemical Subcultures

Epilogue: Of Dabblers and Virtuosos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 4, 2024)

Other Format:

Print version: Witt, Andrew Formulations

ISBN:

0-262-36685-1

0-262-36686-X

9780262366854

OCLC:

1290484492