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Algorithmic Tectonics: How Cold War Era Research Shaped Our Imagination of Design
Between 1959 and 1967, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted the pioneering Computer‐Aided Design Project, funded by the US Air Force. Engineers, researchers and students were brought together to re‐imagine ‘design in the language of the machine’, and one of the most renowned students on this programme was Ivan Sutherland, the inventor and programmer of Sketchpad ‐ the first interactive graphics system. Here, Daniel Cardoso Llach, an architect and researcher based at MIT, traces the influence of this Cold War project on the culture of building design and production today.
Algorithmic Tectonics: How Cold War Era Research Shaped Our Imagination of Design
Between 1959 and 1967, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted the pioneering Computer‐Aided Design Project, funded by the US Air Force. Engineers, researchers and students were brought together to re‐imagine ‘design in the language of the machine’, and one of the most renowned students on this programme was Ivan Sutherland, the inventor and programmer of Sketchpad ‐ the first interactive graphics system. Here, Daniel Cardoso Llach, an architect and researcher based at MIT, traces the influence of this Cold War project on the culture of building design and production today.
Algorithmic Tectonics: How Cold War Era Research Shaped Our Imagination of Design
Llach, Daniel Cardoso (author)
Architectural Design ; 83 ; 16-21
2013-03-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
US Air Force , Lawrence Roberts , 3‐D , Nicholas Negroponte , Ivan Sutherland , Steven A Coons , TX‐2 machine , ‘building information models’ , ‘Tekton’ , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , Sketchpad , Kenneth Frampton , Computer‐Aided Design Project , ‘man‐machine’ problem‐solving , Cold War , CAD software industry
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