Poole Matthew

The Politics of Parametricism: Digital Technologies in Architecture Poole Matthew

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Matthew Poole is a freelance curator and curatorial theorist. Previously, he was Programme Director of the Centre for Curatorial Studies, in the School of Philosophy & Art History at the University of Essex, UK. Manuel Shvartzberg is an architect and researcher. He is currently based in New York City where he is a Researcher at The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, GSAPP and a Graduate Fellow of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, both at Columbia University, USA. Table of Contents:1. IntroductionMatthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK and Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA Section 1: Parametricism and Politics - Polemics 2. On Numbers, More or LessReinhold Martin, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA3. The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism: and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban OrderPatrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK4. There is No Such Thing as a Political Architecture; There is No Such Thing as Digital ArchitectureNeil Leach, USC School of Architecture, USASection 2: Post-Humanist Critiques5. Parametricist Architecture (Would be a Good Idea) Benjamin Bratton, University of California, San Diego, USA6. 'Play Turtle, Do It Yourself': Flocks, Swarms, Schools, and the Political-Architectural ImaginaryManuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA7. Breeding Ideology: Parametricism and Biological ArchitectureChristina Cogdell, University of California, Davis, USASection 3: Techniques of (Socio-Spatio-Political) Representation8. Speculation, Presumption and Assumption: The Ideology of Algebraic-to-Parametric WorkspaceMatthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK9. Undelete: Recreating Uncensored ArchivesLaura Kurgan, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA10. Architecture as Disputing Calculations: Notes for a Pragmatic Reframing of Parametricism and ArchitectureAndres Jaque, Andres Jaque Architects: Office for Political Innovation, Spain Section 4: The Figure of the Practicing Architect11. Parametric SchizophreniaPeggy Deamer, Yale School of Architecture, USA12. The Architecture of NeoliberalismTeddy Cruz, University of California, Davis, USA13. Parameter ValuePhillip G. Bernstein, Autodesk, USA14. Spinoza's Geometric and Ecological RatiosPeg Rawes, Bartlett School of Architecture, UKIndexPublisher Marketing: Over the last decade, 'parametricism' has been heralded as a new avant-garde in the industries of architecture, urban design, and industrial design, regarded by many as the next grand style in the history of architecture, heir to postmodernism and deconstruction. From buildings to cities, the built environment is increasingly addressed, designed and constructed using digital software based on parametric scripting platforms which claim to be able to process complex physical and social modelling alike. As more and more digital tools are developed into an apparently infinite repertoire of socio-technical functions, critical questions concerning these cultural and technological shifts are often eclipsed by the seductive aesthetic and the alluring futuristic imaginary that parametric design tools and their architectural products and discourses represent. "The Politics of Parametricism" addresses these issues, offering a collection of new essays written by leading international thinkers in the fields of digital design, architecture, theory and technology. Exploring the social, political, ethical and philosophical issues at stake in the history, practice and processes of parametric architecture and urbanism, each chapter provides different vantage points to interrogate the challenges and opportunities presented by this latest mode of technological production. Contributor Bio:  Poole, Matthew Matthew Poole is a British freelance curator and curatorial theorist. His curatorial projects and writing explore the contradictions of neoliberal politics and how they are transforming contemporary art, curatorial practices, the built environment and the political currencies of culture more generally. Previously, Matthew was the Director of the Centre for Curatorial Studies, in the School of Philosophy & Art History at the University of Essex, UK. Contributor Bio:  Shvartzberg, Manuel Manuel Shvartzberg is an architect and researcher. He is currently based in New York City where he is a Researcher at The Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, GSAPP and a Graduate Fellow of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, both at Columbia University, USA.