Architectural Materialisms: Nonhuman Creativity

This book gathers 14 architects, designers, performing artists, film makers, media theorists, philosophers, mathematicians and programmers. They all argue that matter in contemporary posthuman times has to be rethought in its rich internal dynamism and its multifaceted context.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii
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Architectural Materialisms: Nonhuman Creativity
pp 1-28
- By Maria Voyatzaki
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Part I
pp 29-30
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1 - Causality and Meaning in the New Materialism
pp 31-45
- By Manuel DeLanda
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2 - Tangible versus Intangible Materiality: Interpreting Gaudí and the Colliding Forces of Traditional and Innovative Construction
pp 46-67
- By Mark Burry
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3 - Internalising Continuous Variation
pp 68-87
- By Kas Oosterhuis
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4 - Paramateriality: Novel Biodigital Manifolds
pp 88-110
- By Marcos Cruz
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5 - A Vital, Architectural Materialism: A House-person’s Escape from the Anthropocentric
pp 111-131
- By Pia Ednie-Brown
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6 - Performing Bitumen, Materialising Desiré
pp 132-158
- By Julieanna Preston, Jen Archer-Martin
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Part II
pp 159-160
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7 - Machine-oriented Architecture: Oikos and Ecology
pp 161-175
- By Levi R. Bryant
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8 - The Compass of Beauty: A Search for the Middle
pp 176-204
- By Lars Spuybroek
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Part III
pp 205-206
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9 - Architectures of Air: Media Ecologies of Smart Cities and Pollution
pp 207-227
- By Jussi Parikka
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10 - The Intelligence of Computational Design
pp 228-250
- By Luciana Parisi
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11 - Grothendieck Topoi: Architectural and Plastic Imagination Beyond Material Number and Space
pp 251-266
- By Fernando Zalamea
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12 - Vicarious Architectonics, Strange Objects, Chance-bound: Michel Serres’s Exodus from Methodical Reason
pp 267-292
- By Vera Bühlmann
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13 - Transmythologies
pp 293-315
- By Maria Voyatzaki
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Notes on Contributors
pp 316-318
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Index
pp 319-328
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Architectural Materialisms: Nonhuman Creativity
pp 1-28

Part I
pp 29-30

1 - Causality and Meaning in the New Materialism
pp 31-45

2 - Tangible versus Intangible Materiality: Interpreting Gaudí and the Colliding Forces of Traditional and Innovative Construction
pp 46-67

3 - Internalising Continuous Variation
pp 68-87

4 - Paramateriality: Novel Biodigital Manifolds
pp 88-110

5 - A Vital, Architectural Materialism: A House-person’s Escape from the Anthropocentric
pp 111-131

6 - Performing Bitumen, Materialising Desiré
pp 132-158

Part II
pp 159-160

7 - Machine-oriented Architecture: Oikos and Ecology
pp 161-175

8 - The Compass of Beauty: A Search for the Middle
pp 176-204

Part III
pp 205-206

9 - Architectures of Air: Media Ecologies of Smart Cities and Pollution
pp 207-227

10 - The Intelligence of Computational Design
pp 228-250

11 - Grothendieck Topoi: Architectural and Plastic Imagination Beyond Material Number and Space
pp 251-266

12 - Vicarious Architectonics, Strange Objects, Chance-bound: Michel Serres’s Exodus from Methodical Reason
pp 267-292

13 - Transmythologies
pp 293-315

Notes on Contributors
pp 316-318

Index
pp 319-328

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