Verb matters : a survey of current formal and material possibilities in the context of the information age : built, active substance in the form of networks, at all scales from the biggest to the smallest / [edited by Albert Ferre ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Ferré, Albert
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BookSeries: Verb (Barcelona, Spain): v. 2Publisher: Barcelona : Actar, [2004]Description: 286 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9788495273765; 8495273764.Subject(s): Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | Architectural design | Space (Architecture) | Building materials | Communication in architectural design | Group work in architecture | Architecture -- Computer-aided designDDC classification: 724.6 Summary: This volume takes a look at the formal and material possibilities within contemporary construction. Its starting point is the contemporary context of the information era, typified by extensive data processing, global networking and an increasingly blurred distinction between natural matter and artificial technology. First, Verb Matters reflects the actual result of the more sophisticated ideas applied to the shaping of buildings. Next, it attempts to address the growing possibilities of technology: a living, built, artificial matter that processes information and interacts with natural beings. Having arrived at the limits of the foreseeable, it returns to the contemporary world with a greater sense of what is possible. What can we really build? That's the main aspect of this survey.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 724.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00163493 | |
| General lending | MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education Lending | 724.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00133977 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Edited by Jaime Salazar, Albert Ferre, Tomoko Sakamoto, Anna Tetas, Manuel Gausa, Ramon Prat. Contributions by Toyo Ito, Greg Lynn, LOT/EK, Klein & Dytham and Sherry Turkle.
This volume takes a look at the formal and material possibilities within contemporary construction. Its starting point is the contemporary context of the information era, typified by extensive data processing, global networking and an increasingly blurred distinction between natural matter and artificial technology. First, Verb Matters reflects the actual result of the more sophisticated ideas applied to the shaping of buildings. Next, it attempts to address the growing possibilities of technology: a living, built, artificial matter that processes information and interacts with natural beings. Having arrived at the limits of the foreseeable, it returns to the contemporary world with a greater sense of what is possible. What can we really build? That's the main aspect of this survey.