October 1, 2007

CONTENTS

In this context, the research Seminar in “Digital Technologies in Architecture: Principles and Applications.” (DTA) aims to produce a critical refl ection about the current state of digital technologies applications in architecture. Presenting and discussing a specific theme, each class session illustrates and analyses a set of key-concepts and principles to evaluate the actual impact of computation in the theory and practice of architecture.

The classes of the Seminar DTA are organized around the following topics:

• Introduction to Digital Technologies in Architecture;
• Convergence and Non-Linearity in the Digital Process;
• Digital Tectonics. (Re) Inventing Materiality;
• From Standardization to (Digital) Customization;
• Designing and Building the Virtual;
• Calculated Freedom: The Frank Gehry’s Process;
• Digital Technologies in Research and Education;
• New Processes; New Architecture?

Each class starts with the presentation of a theme in a lecture format, followed by the participation of the students in on-going discussion. The second part of the class is dedicated to support the development of the blog assigment and the final research paper.

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