The Architecture of Error : Matter, Measure, and the Misadventures of Precision.
Francesca. Hughes
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (325 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Ackowledgments -- False Economy: Precision and Error in Architecture -- 1. The Troping of Precision -- 2. Anatomy of an Accident: Aristotle in the Garden -- 3. Room for Doubt: Instrumentalism, Inference, and Ideology -- 4. Abdicated Measures: Liquid Automation, Anxiety, and the Politics of Optimization -- 5. The Blind Spot and the Bridge -- 6. Miniature Giants: Colonial Adventures in Entropy and Scale -- 7. The Copying Machine Fails: The Double Helix and the Loop -- 8. Counted Away: Indexicality and the Sublimation of Ornament -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.. - Why the rise of redundant precision in architecture and the accompanying fear of error are key to understanding the discipline's needs, anxieties and desires.
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| ISBN | 9780262326063
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