1st Edition
Digital Poetics An Open Theory of Design-Research in Architecture
By Marjan Colletti
Copyright 2013
366 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
366 Pages
by
Routledge
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Digital Poetics celebrates the architectural design exuberance made possible by new digital modelling techniques and fabrication technologies. By presenting an unconventional and original ’humanistic’ theory of CAD (computer-aided design), the author suggests that beyond the generation of innovative engineering forms, digital design has the potential to affect the wider complex cultural landscape... Read more
Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction: advolution; Devolution; Evolution; Involution; Revolution; Conclusion: deconvolution; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr Marjan Colletti is a practising architect, educator, researcher and author on digital architecture. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK and University Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Germany, where he co-directs (with Prof. Patrik Schumacher) the Institute for Experimental Architecture.Hochbau. He is the co-founder of the London-based architecture studio marcosandmarjan.
’Recently in many architectural schools efforts intensified to further develop architectural research. Exciting new avenues are being explored, relying upon the design skills of architects and urban designers, combining them with intellectual rigor and in-depth thinking, in order to imagine new spatialities and to unfold hitherto unknown spatial experiences. This series highlights the innovative results of these explorations, opening up a new world of path-breaking research.’ Hilde Heynen, University of Leuven, Belgium
