INEFFABLE Architecture, Computation and the Inexpressible

• Main Author: Horn, Bradley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited 2015
• Subjects: Architecture > Computer-aided design
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• Physical Description: 243 pages illustrations (chiefly colour) 24 cm
• ISBN: 9789881512550

Ineffable documents a timely and invaluable debate surrounding the use of computational tools in architecture and their effect on the nature of human expression. A distinguished group of architects, educators, and theoreticians discuss both the potential benefits as well as the perils associated with the recent turn to ever increasing computational complexity in contemporary design culture. Topics considered include: architecture in the post human era; the value and role of history within a computational paradigm; the relationship between humans and machines for the future of architecture; computers and design pedagogy; and digital-phenomenology in architecture. With essays from leading figures and 260 color photographs, illustrations, and drawings, Ineffable is for anyone interested in learning more about the political, social, and theoretical implications of the computer revolution in architecture. A collaboration between the City College of New York. Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture and Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers.