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Algorithmic Architecture
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Algorithmic Architecture Paperback - 2006

by Terzidis, Kostas

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In this examination of algorithmic architecture, this book guides readers in the increasingly popular practice of using algorithms to solve complex design issues and shows architects how to use algorithms to go beyond the mouse and transcend the factory set limitations of current 3D CAD software.

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Architectural Press, 2006-07-05. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap.
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Details

  • Title Algorithmic Architecture
  • Author Terzidis, Kostas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Architectural Press, Oxford
  • Date 2006-07-05
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 61-02360
  • ISBN 9780750667258 / 0750667257
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.18 x 6.28 x 0.43 in (23.32 x 15.95 x 1.09 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Computer-aided design, Algorithms
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006922982
  • Dewey Decimal Code 720.284

From the publisher

Why does the word design owe its origin to Latin and not Greek roots? Where do the limits of the human mind lie? How does ambiguity enter the deterministic world of computation? Who was Parmenides and why is his philosophy still puzzling today? This unique volume challenges the reader to tackle all these complex questions and more.

Algorithmic Architecture is not a typical theory-based architectural book; it is not a computer programming or language tutorial book either. It contains a series of provocative design projects, and yet it is not just a design or graphic art book per se. Following the tradition of architecture as a conglomeration of various design fields - engineering, theory, art, and recently, computation - the challenge of this book is to present a concept that, like architecture, is a unifying theme for many diverse disciplines. An algorithm is not only a step-by-step problem-solving procedure, a series of lines of computer codes or a mechanistic linguistic expression, but is also an ontological construct with deep philosophical, social, design, and artistic repercussions. Consequently, this book presents many, various and often seemingly disparate points of view that lead to the establishment of one common theme; algorithmic architecture.