Architectonics Books / Upon Entropy

Architectonics of the Image in the Age of Information

In his 1979 essay The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge philosopher Jean-François Lyotard noted that the advent of the computer opened up a stage of progress in which knowledge has become a commodity. Modernity and postmodernity appear as two stages of a process resulting from the conflict of science and narrative. As science attempts to distance itself from narrative, it must create its own legitimacy. This paper takes up this challenge with a focus on the question of imagery. The image is precisely what modern science seeks to free itself from in its quest for absolute transparency. This transparency is examined from the perspective of architecture, drawing on arguments from philosophy, quantum mechanics, theology and information theory. Natural science in the context of postmodernism Quantum mechanics and information theory New volume in the Applied Virtuality Book Series

Autor:

Villa, Riccardo M.

Verlag:

Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH

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Veröffentlichung:	15.12.2023
Höhe/Breite/Gewicht	H 17,5 cm / B 11,7 cm / 337 g
Seiten	251
Art des Mediums	Buch [Gebundenes Buch]
Preis DE	EUR 72.00
Preis AT	EUR 72.00
Auflage	1. Auflage
Reihe	Architectonics Books 23
Reihe	Architectonics Books 0
ISBN-13	978-3-035-62767-1
ISBN-10	3035627673

Über den Autor

Riccardo M. Villa joined the department for Architectural Theory at the Technical University as assistant researcher in September 2017. He holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic University　of Milan, where he graduated with honours with a dissertation about the contemporary mutations of the architectural profession. In July 2022 he obtained his　doctoral degree with the highest grade, with a dissertation entitled　Upon Entropy. Architecture and Image in the Age of Information.　His professional background includes collaborations with several practices around Europe, from small ateliers to large architectural companies. Since 2009 he　is a member and part of the editorial board of GIZMO, a Milan-based architectural research collective, and a platform for publications, events and exhibitions.　He contributed to magazines and to other publications dealing with architectural history and criticism.