The Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn

The Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn explores how architects engaged with digital technology during the 1990s and theorized future modes of practice. It argues that the adoption of digital technology in architecture was complex and depended on factors such as the technology's operative logic,context,and users. The book presents debates,projects,and publications that changed how architecture was visualized,fabricated,and experienced,re-evaluating familiar narratives and offering insights into how architecture can engage with the digital realm today.

Format: Hardback
Length: 202 pages
Publication date: 30 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Architectural Imagination at the Digital Turn delves into the profound implications of a digital transformation within the realm of architecture. It explores the ways in which architects of the time engaged with the digital realm, envisioning future modes of practice, and examines the technological, conceptual, and economic phenomena that underpinned this engagement. The book argues that the adoption of digital technology in architecture was far from a linear process, influenced by a complex interplay of factors, ranging from the inherent logic of the technology itself to the specific context in which it was utilized and the individuals who interacted with it.

To present a multifaceted account, the book weaves together debates, projects, and publications that revolutionized the visualization, fabrication, and experience of architecture through digital technology. Spanning various institutions, including universities, new media art institutes, ecologies, architectural bodies, fabrication, and cities, it re-evaluates familiar narratives that prioritized formal explorations. Instead, the book aims to complicate the myth of the digital by offering a nuanced analysis of the material and social contexts behind each case study.

During the 1990s, architects actively repurposed software and technological concepts from other disciplines and experimented with them within the design environment. Some architects were captivated by the transformative potential of these tools, while others remained more critical. Through its discussion of case studies, places, and themes that profoundly influenced discourse formation in the era, this book provides scholars, researchers, and students with fresh insights into how architecture can engage with the digital realm today.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032038841