on digital architecture in ten books: vol. 1, books 1-3

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Author: Ludger HovestadtHovestadt’s treatise strictly follows the model of the famous treatises by Vitruvius (De architectura) and Alberti (De re aedificatoria), based on the suppo sition 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. ISBN 9783035625981. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 256 pages. 66 b/w ills. 23.5 x 15.5 cm.available Show more