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The Architectural Relevance of Cyberspace (1995)
The title of this essay by John Frazer refers to an article by Gordon Pask, ‘The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics’, published in the AD issue Design Augmented by Computers in 1969. In the late 1960s, cybernetics, system theory and electronic computers were seen primarily as tools to facilitate the logic of problem solving and decision making in architectural design. The parallel world of cyberspace, created and sustained by the world's computers and communication lines is just one manifestation of deep cultural and technical changes which are reshaping our understanding of our world. The term cyberspace describes the invisible spatial interconnection of computers on the Internet and it is also applied to almost any virtual spatial experience created in a computer. Frazer's experiments may have been the first to explore the design potentials of the morphogenetic metaphor, a powerful and pervasive source of inspiration for digital designers to this day.
The Architectural Relevance of Cyberspace (1995)
The title of this essay by John Frazer refers to an article by Gordon Pask, ‘The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics’, published in the AD issue Design Augmented by Computers in 1969. In the late 1960s, cybernetics, system theory and electronic computers were seen primarily as tools to facilitate the logic of problem solving and decision making in architectural design. The parallel world of cyberspace, created and sustained by the world's computers and communication lines is just one manifestation of deep cultural and technical changes which are reshaping our understanding of our world. The term cyberspace describes the invisible spatial interconnection of computers on the Internet and it is also applied to almost any virtual spatial experience created in a computer. Frazer's experiments may have been the first to explore the design potentials of the morphogenetic metaphor, a powerful and pervasive source of inspiration for digital designers to this day.
The Architectural Relevance of Cyberspace (1995)
Carpo, Mario (editor) / Frazer, John (author)
2013-03-27
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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