1st Edition

The Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn

By Nathalie Bredella Copyright 2022
212 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The 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... Read more

Introduction

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

Biography

Nathalie Bredella is visiting professor of architectural theory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

"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