Contagious Architecture
Computation, Aesthetics, and Space
$140.94
- Paperback
392 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
In Contagious Architecture, Luciana Parisi offers a philosophical inquiry into the status of the algorithm in architectural and interaction design. Her thesis is that algorithmic computation is not simply an abstract mathematical tool but constitutes a mode of thought in its own right, in that its operation extends into forms of abstraction that lie beyond direct human cognition and control. These include modes of infinity, contingency, and indeterminacy, as well as incomputable quan…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262546652 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262546655 |
| Author: | Luciana Parisi |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Technologies of Lived Abstraction |
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Luciana Parisi
Luciana Parisi is a Senior Lecturer and runs the MA program in Interactive Media- Critical Theory and Practice at the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University of London.
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