Volume 1 On Digital Architecture in Ten Books: Vol. 1: Books I–III.

Ludger Hovestadt

Published by Birkhäuser 2023

Volume 1 On Digital Architecture in Ten Books

Vol. 1: Books I–III.

Ludger Hovestadt
Edited by: Ludger Hovestadt and Vera Bühlmann

Part of the multi-volume work On Digital Architecture in Ten Books

Volume 19 in the series Applied Virtuality Book Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035626018

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Contents

About this book

Treatise on digital architecture

Hovestadt’s treatise strictly follows the model of the famous treatises by Vitruvius (De architectura) and Alberti (De re aedificatoria), based on the supposition that we find ourselves in a comparable situation today. Vitruvius and Alberti expressed the meaning of architecture in their eras: Roman antiquity and the Renaissance. Hovestadt has done the same for the present day, incorporating considerations of physics, mathematics, technology, literature, and philosophy.

Books I to III deal with the role of the architect and the objectivity of architecture.

Books IV to VI address the modalities of speaking about and encoding architecture: the secret, the public, and the private.

Books VII to X are dedicated to actual digital mechanisms: artificial intelligence, natural communication, gnomonics, and cultural heritage.

An architectural treatise for our age in 10 books
Inspired by the works of Vitruvius and Alberti
Published in three volumes in the Applied Virtuality Book Series

Ludger Hovestadt, professor of architecture and CAAD, ETH Zurich

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Ludger Hovestadt, professor of architecture and CAAD, ETH Zurich

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
PREFACE
DEDICATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
VOICES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
NATURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
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PRESENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
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OBSTACLE
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OBJECTIVITY
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Being DISTINCTIVE
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The POWER of NUMBERS
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SEEING EVERYTHING
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The AUDITIVE
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APPENDIX
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekt:innen, Informatiker:innen, Studierende, Architects, Computer Scientists, Students
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 214
Keywords: Communication; Design; Energy; Humanism; Material; Media; Nature; Rationalism; Renaissance; Architecture theory; Computer Science

eBook

Published: December 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783035626018

Hardcover

Published: December 31, 2022
ISBN: 9783035625981