ARC 619- Architecture and the Information Environment
08.28.2017
D- CYBERNETICS AND THE PROBLEM OF CONTROL

REQUIRED

Gordon Pask, “The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics”, Architectural Design, September 1969.

Stafford Beer, “The Disregarded Tools of Moderns Man”, “A Liberty Machine In Prototype”, The Free man in a Cybernetic World”, in Designing Freedom, Massey Lectures, 1973.

Cedric Price, “Fun Palace” and “Generator”, in Price, C., The Square Book, Wiley-Academy, 2003.

RECOMMENDED

Norbert Weiner, “Cybernetics in History”, The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society, 1954

Bernard Scott, “2nd Order Cybernetics: an historical introduction”, Kybernetes, Vol. 33 No. 9/10, 2004.

Stanley Matthews, “The Fun Place as Virtual Architecture, Cedric Price and the Practices of Indeterminacy”, JAE, v.59, Issue 3, Feb 2006.

  • 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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