ARC 619- Architecture and the Information Environment
08.20.2017
A- THE CASE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY

REQUIRED

Martin Heidegger, “The Question Concerning Technology”,  The Question Concerning Technology and other Essays, Pantheon, 1972.

Siegfried Giedion, “Springs of Mechanization”,  Mechanization Takes Command: a contribution to anonymous history, Oxford University Press, 1948.

RECOMMENDED

Reyner Banham, “Stocktaking- Tradition and Technology”, Architectural Review, February 1960.

LeCorbusier, “Engineer’s Esthetic and Architecture”, in Braham, W. and Jonathan Hale, Rethinking Technology- A Reader in Architectural Theory, Routledge, 2007.

 

 

  • COURSE DETAILS

    ARC 619: Architecture and the Information Environment
    Fall 2017
    Class Hours: Tuesday, 11:00 am – 1:40 pm
    Class Location: Hayes 401
    Instructor: Omar Khan (omarkhan@buffalo.edu)

  • COURSE INFORMATION

    • Assignment 1
    • Assignment 2
    • Assignment 3
    • DESCRIPTION
    • SCHEDULE
  • TOPICS AND POSTS

    • ++ Assignment 2 (17)
    • ++ Assignment 3 (2)
    • A- The Case of Modern Technology (15)
    • B- The Case of Modern Media (13)
    • C- Information Machines and the Dilemma of Communication (13)
    • D- Cybernetics and the Problems of Control (13)
    • E- Human/Computer Interaction (12)
    • F- Systems and the Primacy of Relations (12)
    • G- Simulation (11)
    • H- Typological vs.Topological Space (10)
    • I- Networks and Interconnectivity (13)
    • J- Pervasive Computing (11)
    • K- Digital Fabrication and Mass Customization (13)
    • L- Responsive Architecture (11)
    • M- Sentient City (10)
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