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The politics of parametricism : digital technologies in architecture / edited by Matthew Poole and Manuel Shvartzberg

Contributor(s): Poole, Matthew [editor] | Shvartzerg, Manuel [editor].
Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015Description: xiv, 258 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472581655 (paperback).Subject(s): Architectural design -- Data processing | Architecture -- Computer-aided design | Architecture -- Technological innovationsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK and Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- Section 1: Parametricism and Politics -- Polemics -- 2. On Numbers, More or Less -- Reinhold Martin, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 3. The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism: and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order -- Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK -- 4. There is No Such Thing as a Political Architecture; There is No Such Thing as Digital Architecture -- Neil Leach, USC School of Architecture, USA -- Section 2: Post-Humanist Critiques -- 5. Parametricist Architecture (Would be a Good Idea) -- Benjamin Bratton, University of California, San Diego, USA -- 6. 'Play Turtle, Do It Yourself': Flocks, Swarms, Schools, and the Political-Architectural Imaginary -- Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 7. Breeding Ideology: Parametricism and Biological Architecture -- Christina Cogdell, University of California, Davis, USA -- Section 3: Techniques of (Socio-Spatio-Political) Representation -- 8. Speculation, Presumption and Assumption: The Ideology of Algebraic-to-Parametric Workspace -- Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK -- 9. Undelete: Recreating Uncensored Archives -- Laura Kurgan, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 10. Architecture as Disputing Calculations: Notes for a Pragmatic Reframing of Parametricism and Architecture -- Andres Jaque, Andres Jaque Architects: Office for Political Innovation, Spain -- Section 4: The Figure of the Practicing Architect -- 11. Parametric Schizophrenia -- Peggy Deamer, Yale School of Architecture, USA -- 12. The Architecture of Neoliberalism -- Teddy Cruz, University of California, Davis, USA -- 13. Parameter Value -- Phillip G. Bernstein, Autodesk, USA -- 14. Spinoza's Geometric and Ecological Ratios -- Peg Rawes, Bartlett School of Architecture, UK -- Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK and Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- Section 1: Parametricism and Politics -- Polemics -- 2. On Numbers, More or Less -- Reinhold Martin, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 3. The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism: and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order -- Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK -- 4. There is No Such Thing as a Political Architecture; There is No Such Thing as Digital Architecture -- Neil Leach, USC School of Architecture, USA -- Section 2: Post-Humanist Critiques -- 5. Parametricist Architecture (Would be a Good Idea) -- Benjamin Bratton, University of California, San Diego, USA -- 6. 'Play Turtle, Do It Yourself': Flocks, Swarms, Schools, and the Political-Architectural Imaginary -- Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 7. Breeding Ideology: Parametricism and Biological Architecture -- Christina Cogdell, University of California, Davis, USA -- Section 3: Techniques of (Socio-Spatio-Political) Representation -- 8. Speculation, Presumption and Assumption: The Ideology of Algebraic-to-Parametric Workspace -- Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK -- 9. Undelete: Recreating Uncensored Archives -- Laura Kurgan, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 10. Architecture as Disputing Calculations: Notes for a Pragmatic Reframing of Parametricism and Architecture -- Andres Jaque, Andres Jaque Architects: Office for Political Innovation, Spain -- Section 4: The Figure of the Practicing Architect -- 11. Parametric Schizophrenia -- Peggy Deamer, Yale School of Architecture, USA -- 12. The Architecture of Neoliberalism -- Teddy Cruz, University of California, Davis, USA -- 13. Parameter Value -- Phillip G. Bernstein, Autodesk, USA -- 14. Spinoza's Geometric and Ecological Ratios -- Peg Rawes, Bartlett School of Architecture, UK -- Index

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