In his 1979 essay The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge philosopher Jean-Francois Lyotard noted that the advent of the computer opened up a stage of progress in which knowledge has become a commodity. Modernity and postmodernity appear as two stages of a process resulting from the conflict of science and narrative. As science attempts to distance itself from narrative, it must create its own legitimacy. This paper takes up this challenge with a focus on the question of imagery. The image is precisely what modern science seeks to free itself from in its quest for absolute transparency. This transparency is examined from the perspective of architecture, drawing on arguments from philosophy, quantum mechanics, theology and information theory.
Описание: With case studies spanning the US and UK, Transgender Architectonics examines the ways in which modernist architecture can contribute to our understanding of how it is that humans are able to transform, shedding light on the manner in which architecture, space, and the spatial metaphors of gender can play significant - if often unrealized - potenti
Автор: Jacobus, Frank Название: Architectonics and Parametric Thinking ISBN: 1032180528 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032180526 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Jacobus, Frank Название: Architectonics and Parametric Thinking ISBN: 1032180536 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032180533 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5511.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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