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Book SynopsisThe Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn asks what it means to speak of a digital turn in architecture. It examines how architects at the time engaged with the digital and imagined future modes of practice, and looks at the technological, conceptual and economic phenomena behind this engagement. It argues that the adoption of digital technology in architecture was far from linear but depended on complex factors, from the operative logic of the technology itself to the context in which it was used and the people who interacted with it.
Creating a mosaic-like account, the book presents debates, projects and publications that changed how architecture was visualized, fabricated and experienced using digital technology. Spanning the university, new media art institutes, ecologies, architectural bodies, fabrication and the city, it re-evaluates familiar narratives that emphasized formal explorations; instead, the book aims to complicate the myth of the digital by p
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"Bredella makes an excellent contribution to the history of the digital turn in architecture, a story still unfolding. From the dream of a paperless studio to the influence of cybernetics and its connection to ecological thinking, by studying the impact of digital technologies on visualisation, fabrication and networked systems, Bredella’s case study analyses diversify our understanding of the digital era in which we find ourselves."
Professor Hélène Frichot, Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. University: The "Paperless Studio" and Beyond 2. New Media Art Institutes: Avenues for Multimedia Practice 3. Ecologies: Feedback and Interaction 4. Architectural Bodies and Visualization Techniques 5. Fabrication: The Object in the Age of the Network 6. City: Iconic Buildings and Architectural Craft in the Digital Era Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index
