GLOBAL DESIGN PRACTICE WEEK 6: PRACTICE AS TECHNOLOGICAL AVANT-GARDE
Rendering of the Burnham Pavilion, Chicago IL / Zaha Hadid Architects
SCHEDULE
Wednesday 3/1 Lecture 6 Monday 3/6 Office Visit
LECTURE 6: TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE: METHODS AND IMPLICATIONS
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REQUIRED READINGS
Patrik Schumacher, “The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order,” in The Politics of Parametricism: Digital Technologies in Architecture, ed. Matthew Poole and Manuel Shvartzberg ( London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015), 19-44. PDF
Peggy Deamer, “The Changing Nature of Architectural Work,” Harvard Design Magazine Iss. 33 (Fall/Winter 2010-2011): 70-75. PDF
Teddy Cruz, “The Architecture of Neoliberalism,” in The Politics of Parametricism: Digital Technologies in Architecture, ed. Matthew Poole and Manuel Shvartzberg (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015), 189-199. PDF
Tom Vanderbilt, “The School Prepping for the Apocalypse,” The New York Times, 13 Nov. 2017. PDF
SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READINGS
Matthew Poole and Manuel Shvartzberg, “Introduction,” in The Politics of Parametricism: Digital Technologies in Architecture, ed. Matthew Poole and Manuel Shvartzberg ( London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015), 1-18. PDF
Ingeborg Rocker, “When Code Matters,” in Programming Cultures: Art and Architecture in the Age of Software (London: Wiley Academy, 2006). PDF
READING RESPONSE (due Wednesday 3/8 uploaded to Box)
How do you define the relationship between technology and practice? What, for you, is its value?