arq linking practice and research volume 21 . number 1 . 2017

computational tools in architecture cybernetic theory rationalisation and objectivity

arq arq arqarchitectural research quarterly linking practice and research volume 21 volume 21 arq aims to publish significant, original research and design offering new insights into architecture. Contributions are welcomed from practitioners, academics and students. . Submissions may cover either the totality of design, as in critiques or evaluations number 1 of buildings; or significant sub-areas such as history, theory, construction, structures, environmental design, materials,digital and practice. . 2017 contents

perspective 5 Processes and practices in computational design Nathalie Bredella and Carolin Höfler

digital 10 Integrated planning and the design of urban agglomeration: Bernhard Hafner’s Comparative Simulation of Alternative Urban Prototypes Daniel Gethmann

history 21 Material models, photography, and the threshold of calculation Daniela Fabricius

theory 33 Witless slaves or lively artefacts? A debate of the 1960s Jan Müggenburg and Claus Pias

45 Design/Entwurf: Observations Susanne Hauser

conversation 53 Of algorithms, buildings and fighter jets Robin Forrest in conversation with Daniel Cardoso Llach

65 The evolution of architectural computing: from building modelling to design computation Robert Aish in conversation with Nathalie Bredella

74 Material networks: architecture, computers and corporations Reinhold Martin in conversation with Nathalie Bredella and Carolin Höfler

review 81 Part-Architecture: The Maison de Verre Through Duchamp’s Large Glass Space and Illicit Sexuality in 1930s Paris by Emma Cheatle reviewed by Hélène Frichot

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cov e r leader 3 The agency of digital tools Bernhard Hafner Long Time Space perspective 5 Processes and practices in computational design Nathalie Bredella and Carolin Höfler. Development of the Urban Dispersion digital 10 Integrated planning and the design of urban agglomeration: Bernhard Hafner’s Prototype for the International Ideas Comparative Simulation of Alternative Urban Prototypes Daniel Gethmann explores Competition Vienna- Bernhard Hafner’s ‘Simulation of Alternative Urban Prototypes’ as a cybernetic simulation South, 1970. See pp. 10–20. of the interactions among urban structure, social activity and human behaviour. history 21 Material models, photography, and the threshold of calculation Daniela Fabricius investigates how Frei Otto used physical models alongside digital calculations to develop methods of representation prefiguring digital tools.

theory 33 Witless slaves or lively artefacts? A debate of the 1960s Jan Müggenburg and Claus Pias address how the methodological appeal of cybernetics has had a lasting effect on architecture.

45 Design/Entwurf: Observations Susanne Hauser considers similarities and differences between the German term Entwurf and the English word ‘design’ to open-up a discussion about ideas of rationalisation and objectivity in architecture.

conversation 53 Of algorithms, buildings and fighter jets Robin Forrest reflects on the conceptual rearrangement of design practices around the processing, display and manufacturing capacities of computers, in conversation with Daniel Cardoso Llach.

65 The evolution of architectural computing: from building modelling to design computation Robert Aish considers the evolution of architectural computing from the Building Modelling Systems of the 1980s to ideas of design computation, in conversation with Nathalie Bredella.

74 Material networks: architecture, computers and corporations Reinhold Martin considers questions of human subjectivity in relation to computerisation, in conversation with Nathalie Bredella and Carolin Höfler.

review 81 Part-Architecture: The Maison de Verre Through Duchamp’s Large Glass Space and Illicit Sexuality in 1930s Paris by Emma Cheatle reviewed by Hélène Frichot

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