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"A history of the relationship between architecture and mathematics, with a special focus on the transition in the postwar period between analogue to digital design"--
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Writing architecture. |
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| Summary: |
"A history of the relationship between architecture and mathematics, with a special focus on the transition in the postwar period between analogue to digital design"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 428 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780262543002 0262543001 |
| Index Number: | NA2750 |
| CLC: | TU12 |
| Call Number: | TU12/W827 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Encoded Architectures -- A Machine Epistemology: Encapsulated Knowledge and the Instrumentation of Architecture -- Theorems Made Flesh: The Architectonics of Mathematical Maquettes -- Alternate Dimensions: Measuring Space from Building to Hyperbody -- A Virtuality Atlas: Stereoscopic Drawing and Geometric Dream Space -- Illusion Engines: Drawing at the Speed of Light -- Labyrinths, Topology, and Meinong's Jungle: Architecture's Impossible Objects -- All You Need is Cube: The Political Economy of Voxel Architecture -- Geometry's Mass Media: Broadcasting Technique in Architectures Hyperbolic Era -- Crystal Collectives: Architectures Chemical Subcultures -- Epilogue: Of Dabblers and Virtuosos. |