Code: Between Operation and Narration Contributor(s): Gleiniger, Andrea (Editor), Vrachliotis, Georg (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3034601174 ISBN-13: 9783034601177 Publisher: Birkhauser OUR PRICE: $28.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - General - Architecture | Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation - Architecture | Codes & Standards |
Dewey: 720.105 |
LCCN: 2010923974 |
Series: Context Architecture |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 7.4" (0.40 lbs) 120 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The process of coding is a systematic experimentation with signs, symbols, and the construction of larger cultural meanings. The fourth volume in the series Kontext Architektur examines the architectural-historical and -theoretical relevance of the concept of "code" from various perspectives. The authors and editors start from the premise that this concept makes for new ways of translating architecture into language. Thus, the dominance of computer simulation makes it clear that the building is no longer merely a vehicle for signs, but literally also their product. The code has penetrated, as it were, from the exterior of the building into its interior, into its structure. We are dealing with both a socio-cultural as well as with a mathematical and formal notion of code. The goal of this book is thus to arrive at a critical grasp of the contours of this vibrant conceptual tension between the cultural and the formal, the "outside" and the "inside," while also formulating questions for further exploration that are relevant for architecture. |