Opis: The Politics of Parametricism

Over the last decade, 'parametricism' has been heralded as a new avant-garde in the industries of architecture, urban design, and industrial design, regarded by many as the next grand style in the history of architecture, heir to postmodernism and deconstruction. From buildings to cities, the built environment is increasingly addressed, designed and constructed using digital software based on parametric scripting platforms which claim to be able to process complex physical and social modelling alike. As more and more digital tools are developed into an apparently infinite repertoire of socio-technical functions, critical questions concerning these cultural and technological shifts are often eclipsed by the seductive aesthetic and the alluring futuristic imaginary that parametric design tools and their architectural products and discourses represent. The Politics of Parametricism addresses these issues, offering a collection of new essays written by leading international thinkers in the fields of digital design, architecture, theory and technology. Exploring the social, political, ethical and philosophical issues at stake in the history, practice and processes of parametric architecture and urbanism, each chapter provides different vantage points to interrogate the challenges and opportunities presented by this latest mode of technological production. The Politics of Parametricism is the book I have been waiting for; it stands alone as the best attempt yet to comprehensively understand this 'movement for the 21st century'. Most importantly, it is the first book to critically contextualise Patrik Schumacher's contributions to architectural theory, and to seriously respond to his claims ... Politics engages and explores Parametricism with great care ... [and] has done much to untangle the mess of misconceptions and misinformation surrounding the architect's frequently controversial positions. -- Jack Self The Architectural Review Parametricism is the best and most comprehensive definition of the new technical object of the digital age. Is there a politics of parametricism? Is it different from the politics of the technical object of the industrial age? The answer is yes, of course. The essays in this book also prove without doubt that, in the age of parametricism, politics itself is different from what it was before the digital turn. -- Mario Carpo, Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory, The Bartlett, UCL, UK Patrik Schumacher writes here that in parametricism participation in political controversy must be taboo. Against this prohibition, the other contributors to The Politics of Parametricism skillfully prise open his argument to reveal the controversial politics - of control, power and the market, of representation, calculation, and simulation - within. A significant and timely intervention, this collection reaffirms the power, potential and necessity of architectural critique. -- Douglas Spencer, Architectural Association School of Architecture, UK1. Introduction Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK and Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA 2. The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK 3. On Numbers, More or Less Reinhold Martin, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA 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 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 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 & Dan Taeyoung, 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 11. Parametric Schizophrenia Peggy Deamer, Yale School of Architecture, USA 12. The Architecture of Neoliberalism Teddy Cruz, University of California, San Diego, USA 13. Parameter Value Phillip G. Bernstein, Autodesk, USA 14. Spinoza's Geometric and Ecological Ratios Peg Rawes, Bartlett School of Architecture, UK Index

Szczegóły: The Politics of Parametricism

Tytuł: The Politics of Parametricism
Wydawnictwo: Bloomsbury Professional Ltd
ISBN: 9781472581655
Rok wydania: 2015
Ilość stron: 280
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.5 kg

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