Theories of the Digital in Architecture

<p>In the form of a critical anthology<i>,</i> this book interlaces an ensemble of seminal articles by leading figures in the theory and practice of digital design with a series of original theoretical texts. It develops a meta-theory of the emerging interactions of media technologies and design in architecture. This theory is promoted as a foundation of transformations in design methods as well as a basis for the evolution of new forms of design thinking.</p><p>The development of an explication of emerging concepts in the form of a new taxonomy is an important contribution in any form of discourse analysis. <i>Theories of the Digital in Architecture</i> attempts to develop such a conceptual orientation for the growing impact of the integration of digital media technologies in design. It locates these conceptual structures within a historical perspective that identifies the coming into being of a new epistemology of the digital in architecture.</p> <p>Preface Introduction: Vitruvius Digitalis <em>Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman </em>Part 1: Theory: A Universe of Discourse Part 2: Form: From Composition to Generation Part 3: Performance/Generation: From Analysis to Informed Synthesis Part 4: Parametrics: The Design of Multiplicities Part 5: Morphogenesis: Bio-inspired Evolutionary Design Part 6: Tectonics: From Form to Material Tectonics Part 7: Materialization: Materialization Processes and Design Technologies Part 8: Material Fabrication: Design Technologies of Digital Materiality Part 9: Responsive/Dynamic/Adaptive Part 10: Epistemology: Disciplinary Knowledge of Digital Design in Architecture </p>