LEADER 05081oam 2200685I 450 001 9910462395903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77700-1 010 $a9786613687395 010 $a0-203-12306-9 010 $a1-136-33683-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203123065 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205723 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24072113 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000687987 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390534 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687987 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10756424 035 $a(PQKB)11534456 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC982044 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL982044 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10572201 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368739 035 $a(OCoLC)804662517 035 $a(OCoLC)796812815 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205723 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCo-designers $ecultures of computer simulation in architecture /$fYanni Alexander Loukissas 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (160 p. ) $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-415-59227-5 311 $a0-415-59228-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface 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 Environment 330 $aOur 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. 330 $bDesigners 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. 606 $aArchitecture and technology 606 $aComputer simulation 606 $aArchitectural design 606 $aArchitectural practice 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchitecture and technology. 615 0$aComputer simulation. 615 0$aArchitectural design. 615 0$aArchitectural practice. 676 $a720/.285 700 $aLoukissas$b Yanni A$g(Yanni Alexander),$0789421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462395903321 996 $aCo-designers$92031601 997 $aUNINA