Algorithmic Architecture

Kostas Terzidis

176 pages, parution le 08/05/2006

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Résumé

Why does the word design owe its origin to Latin and not Greek roots? Where do the limits of the human mind lie? How does ambiguity enter the deterministic world of computation? Who was Parmenides and why is his philosophy still puzzling today? This unique volume challenges the reader to tackle all these complex questions and more.

Algorithmic Architecture is not a typical theory-based architectural book; it is not a computer programming or language tutorial book either. It contains a series of provocative design projects, and yet it is not just a design or graphic art book per se. Following the tradition of architecture as a conglomeration of various design fields - engineering, theory, art, and recently, computation - the challenge of this book is to present a concept that, like architecture, is a unifying theme for many diverse disciplines. An algorithm is not only a step-by-step problem-solving procedure, a series of lines of computer codes or a mechanistic linguistic expression, but is also an ontological construct with deep philosophical, social, design, and artistic repercussions. Consequently, this book presents many, various and often seemingly disparate points of view that lead to the establishment of one common theme; algorithmic architecture.

L'auteur - Kostas Terzidis

Kostas Terzidis : Graduate School of Design, Harvard

Sommaire

The Strive to Capture the Elusive
The Intricacy of the Otherness
A Brief History of Algotecture
Scripts, Algorithms, and Other Predicaments
Amphiboly
Periplocus
Epi(multi)logue

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Architectural Press
Auteur(s)	Kostas Terzidis
Parution	08/05/2006
Nb. de pages	176
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	425g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750667258
ISBN13	978-0-7506-6725-8