Conference at TU Berlin – Cybernetics: state of the art ­

A conversation and conference to review and preview cybernetics as design strategy in computational architecture, urban design and socio­ecological habitats ­natural and artificial. Let’s discuss if a difference can be registered at all. During the last decade Cybernetics has awaken its Snow­White sleep, ready to be understood, embraced and established as a science to design. The international conference reviews and …

Cybernetics exhibition TU Berlin

EXHIBITION In der Ausstellung „Cybernetics: state of the art“ ist eine Auswahl kybernetischer Entwurfsansätze für Architektur und Urban Design zu sehen. Projektionen, digitale Fabrikationsmethoden und interaktive Artefakte wurden gezeigt. Diese agieren interdisziplinär und experimentell. Die Ausstellung zeigte außer dem einschlägige Artikel zur Entwicklung der Kybernetik in Design und Architektur aus den 1960er – 1980er Jahren von Raúl Espejo, Gordon Pask, …

Geometry and form III

DIA, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences GEOMETRY AND FORM III Space is defined as complex system made up of individual characteristic points, nodes of an event, named architectural form. We define space as open and closed fields of pattern and language. In 300BC mathematics were discovered by Aristotle, geometry by Euclid. Since then geometry has been subjected to space, form, …

Codes in the clouds IX – ANTHROPOCENE

Since the beginning of humankind some 10.000 years ago our planet earth has served as feeding ground and shelter. With the beginning of the industrial revolution territory ownership, economic wealth and power started overwhelming existing ethical rules and societal regulation. Long-distant transport vehicles such as cargo ships and trains allowed for accelerating the mixing up of goods, cultures and technologies. …