1st Edition

Abstract Space Beneath the Media Surface

By Therese Tierney Copyright 2007
198 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

198 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

198 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

This visually stunning, conceptually rich and imaginative book investigates the cultural connection between new media and architectural imaging. Through a range of material, from theoretical texts to experimental design projects, Tierney explores notions of what the architectural image means today. Within the book's visually imaginative design framework, Abstract Space engages... Read more

Introduction  1. Architecture and Abstraction: Topologies of New Media  2. Architectural Modes of Seeing: Visual Theory and Cognition  3. Formulating Abstraction: Conceptual Art and the Architectural Object  4. Mapping Absence: Architectural Contingencies  5. Generative Systems: Evolving Computational Strategies  6. Formal Matters: The Virtual as a Generative Concept  7. The Status of the Architectural Image 

Biography

Therese Tierney is a doctoral scholar at the University of California Berkeley where she is a Malcolm Reynolds Fellow. She has worked as a practicing architect in San Francisco and has held teaching positions at the University of California Berkeley and California College of the Arts.