The Platonic Forehand and Backhand of Cybernetic Architecture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10265673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Camilo Andrés Cifuentes Quin (0000-0003-1470-9208, Camilo Andrés Cifuentes Quin (educator), La Salle University, Bogotá, Colombia.., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 429-434 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/leon_a_01796 |
| OpenAlex | W2745265006 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Since the 1960s, the field of digital architecture has been grounded on a computational practice of design, which has been inseparable from cybernetic constructions of architectural issues. The result of the former has been a common oscillation, in digital architectural practices, between the construction of design problems in reference to technoscientific notions and its construction as a reification of such resources. This article analyzes these aspects of digital architecture in reference to N.K. Hayles's vision of the construction of knowledge as a “seriation” and her conception of the “platonic forehand and backhand” in the work of scientists. Finally, the author identifies possible scenarios for a cybernetic practice of architecture that is not necessarily trapped in technocratic and reified visions of design issues
Cybernetics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Management science · Sociology · Technocracy · Vision · Visual arts · Architecture · Architecture and Computational Design · Art, Technology, and Culture · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Design Education and Practice · Engineering · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |