05081oam 2200685I 450 991046239590332120200520144314.01-280-77700-197866136873950-203-12306-91-136-33683-410.4324/9780203123065 (CKB)2670000000205723(StDuBDS)AH24072113(SSID)ssj0000687987(PQKBManifestationID)11390534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687987(PQKBWorkID)10756424(PQKB)11534456(MiAaPQ)EBC982044(Au-PeEL)EBL982044(CaPaEBR)ebr10572201(CaONFJC)MIL368739(OCoLC)804662517(OCoLC)796812815(EXLCZ)99267000000020572320180706d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCo-designers cultures of computer simulation in architecture /Yanni Alexander LoukissasAbingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (160 p. ) illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-415-59227-5 0-415-59228-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface 1. Introducing the Electronic Brain 2. Cultures of Simulation 3. "Special Men" and Universal Machines 4. How Do Simulations Know? 5. Towards a Pluralistic Formalism 6. Designers in Dialog 7. Human, Machine, and EnvironmentOur ideas about architecture- how to do it, who can do it, and what it can do - cannot be extracted from a social and technological context. In this book, Yanni Loukissas examines contemporary explanations of architecture in the context of a new culture of simulation developing around information technologies.Designers employ a variety of tools and techniques for speculating about buildings before they are built. In their simplest form, these are personal thought experiments. However, embracing advanced computer simulations means engaging a network of specialized people and powerful machines. In this book, Yanni Alexander Loukissas demonstrates that new tools have profound implications for the social distribution of design work; computer simulations are technologies for collective imagination. Organized around the accounts of professional designers engaged in a high-stakes competition to redefine their work for the technological moment, this book explores the emerging cultures of computer simulation in architecture. Not only architects, but acousticians, fire safety engineers, and sustainability experts see themselves as co-designers in architecture, engaging new technologies for simulation in an evolving search for the roles and relationships that can bring them both professional acceptance and greater control over design. By illustrating how practices of simulation inform the social relationships and professional distinctions that define contemporary architecture, the book examines the cultural transformations taking place in design practice today. Designers employ a variety of tools and techniques for speculating about buildings before they are built. In their simplest form, these are personal thought experiments. However, embracing advanced computer simulations means engaging a network of specialized people and powerful machines. In this book, Yanni Alexander Loukissas demonstrates that new tools have profound implications for the social distribution of design work; computer simulations are technologies for collective imagination. Organized around the accounts of professional designers engaged in a high-stakes competition to redefine their work for the technological moment, this book explores the emerging cultures of computer simulation in architecture. Not only architects, but acousticians, fire safety engineers, and sustainability experts see themselves as co-designers in architecture, engaging new technologies for simulation in an evolving search for the roles and relationships that can bring them both professional acceptance and greater control over design. By illustrating how practices of simulation inform the social relationships and professional distinctions that define contemporary architecture, the book examines the cultural transformations taking place in design practice today.Architecture and technologyComputer simulationArchitectural designArchitectural practiceElectronic books.Architecture and technology.Computer simulation.Architectural design.Architectural practice.720/.285Loukissas Yanni A(Yanni Alexander),789421MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462395903321Co-designers2031601UNINA