Introduction to Architecture in the Information Age

Post on 16-Dec-2014

1.179 views 1 download

Tags:

description

This is the introductory lecture for the 'Architecture in the Information Age' module given in Newcastle University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.

Transcript of Introduction to Architecture in the Information Age

Architecture in the Information Age

Introduction

Dr Martyn Dade-Robertson

Motivation for doing this module.

My Background

What has architecture got to do with it?

Funding Event of Future Research Spaces: (Funding £5M)

Funding Event of Future Research Spaces: (Funding £5M)

30 Participants

How many were architects?

Funding Event of Future Research Spaces: (Funding £5M)

2

EU Smart Cities: (Funding £15M)

300 Participants

How many were architects?

EU Smart Cities: (Funding £15M)

2

What is Architecture Now?

Mapping the domain

Parametric Design

CAD Fabrication

Visualisation and Simulation

AI in Design

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Augmented Reality

Digital Cities

Recombinant Architecture

Computational Analysis

Screen Architecture

Digital Urbanism

Cyberspace InfoVis

Parametric Design

CAD Fabrication

Visualisation and Simulation

AI in Design

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Augmented Reality

Digital Cities

Recombinant Architecture

Computational Analysis

Screen Architecture

Digital Urbanism

Cyberspace InfoVis

Design Methods

Parametric Design

CAD Fabrication

Visualisation and Simulation

AI in Design

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Augmented Reality

Digital Cities

Recombinant Architecture

Computational Analysis

Screen Architecture

Digital Urbanism

Cyberspace InfoVis

Digital Architecture

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Augmented Reality

Digital Cities

Recombinant Architecture

Computational Analysis

Digital Urbanism

Cyberspace InfoVis

Digital Architecture

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Augmented Reality

Digital Cities

Recombinant Architecture

Computational Analysis

Digital Urbanism

Cyberspace InfoVis

Computational systems applied to the form and experience of architecture.

Architecture applied to the form and experience of computational systems.

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Augmented Reality

Digital Cities

Recombinant Architecture

Computational Analysis

Digital Urbanism

Cyberspace

Origins

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Augmented Reality

Digital Cities

Recombinant Architecture

Computational Analysis

Digital Urbanism

Cyberspace

Origins

Origins

Material Information

Architectonic Systems

Introductory Lecture

Lecture 1 Origins

Lecture 2 Origins

Lecture 3 Loosing the Ballast of Materiality

Lecture 4 Cyberspace

Lecture 5 Augmented Space

Lecture 6 Sentient Space

Lecture 7 Programming Architecture

Monday 30th January

Monday 6th February

Monday 13th February

Monday 20th February

Monday 27th February

Monday 5th March

Monday 12th March

Monday 16th April

Assesment

• An individual 2500-word essay on the following topic:

The industrial revolution caused huge changes to society and to architecture and, during this time number of new architectural typologies emerged including the railway station, the factory and new types of civic and institutional building. It could be argued that we are living through an equally transformative time in history – an information revolution.

Despite significant changes to society in the western world we are only just beginning to see significant changes to architecture and wholly new building typologies have yet to emerge. The British library have recently faced the challenge that in order to acquire funding for and validate their plans for a new building they also have to reinvent themselves as a new type of institution.

In this essay I want you to imagine a new building typology fit for the digital age in a post library world. You might take as inspiration Otlet’s imagining of the Mundeneum but feel free to speculate about the what this building typology this might be.

ESSAY SUBMISSION: 12 noon Friday 25th May

Blog

Blog: www.archaid.org