Architecture in formation : on the nature of information in digital architecture / edited by Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa and Aaron Sprecher ; [translation: Barbara McClintock].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lorenzo-Eiroa, Pablo, editor. .

Sprecher, Aaron, editor.

McClintock, Barbara, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Designs and plans.

Architecture.

Architecture and technology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2013.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Architecture in Formation is the first digital architecture manual that bridges multiple relationships between theory and practice, proposing a vital resource to structure the upcoming second digital revolution. Sixteen essays from practitioners, historians and theorists look at how information processing informs and is informed by architecture. Twenty-nine experimental projects propose radical means to inform the new upcoming digital architecture. Featuring essays by: Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, Aaron Sprecher, Georges Teyssot, Mario Carpo, Patrik Schumacher, Bernard Cache, Mark Linder, David Theodore, Evan Douglis, Ingeborg Rocker and Christian Lange, Antoine Picon, Michael Wen-Sen Su, Chris Perry, Alexis Meier, Achim Menges and Martin Bressani. Interviews with: George Legendre, Alessandra Ponte, Karl Chu, CiroNajle, and Greg Lynn. Projects by: Diller Scofidio and Renfro; Mark Burry; Yehuda Kalay; Omar Khan; Jason Kelly Johnson, Future Cities Lab; Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Maider Llaguno Munitxa; Anna Dyson / Bess Krietemeyer, Peter Stark, Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology (CASE); Philippe Rahm; Lydia Kallipoliti and Alexandros Tsamis; Neeraj Bhatia, Infranet Lab; Jenny Sabin, Lab Studio; Luc Courschene, Society for Arts and Technology (SAT); Eisenman Architects; Preston Scott Cohen; Eiroa Architects; Michael Hansmeyer; Open Source Architecture; Andrew Saunders; Nader Tehrani, Office dA; Satoru Sugihara, ATLV and Thom Mayne, Morphosis; Reiser and Umemoto; Roland Snooks, Kokkugia; Philip Beesley; Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger SPAN; Michael Young; Eric Goldemberg, Monad Studio; Francois Roche; Ruy Klein; Chandler Ahrens and John Carpenter"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

ch. 1. Structuring information : toward an architecture of information

ch. 2. Information interfaces : data and information

ch. 3. Responsive information

ch. 4. Evolutionary information

ch. 5. Extensive information : material information

ch. 6. Information affect.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 05, 2020)

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781315890128

9781134502837

9781134502905

9781134502974

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.