Flowcharting
From Abstractionism to Algorithmics in Art and Architecture
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By the time the computer entered the architectural scene, its place had been prepared by decades of avant-gardist experimentation. The modernist programme of rationalising creative practice took a decidedly bureaucratic turn between the 1930s and 1960s. While attempting to crack the code of artistic genius in hopes of democratising the creation of better environments, a repertoire of algorithmic techniques emerged. Matthew Allen shows how, by reformulating their disciplines in terms of flowcharting procedures developed for scientific management, artists and architects enacted a paradigm shift, replacing composition with organisation as the basis for design.
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Flowcharting, Matthew Evans, Rebecca Allen, Ben White
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- Released
- 2023
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Flowcharting
- Subtitle
- From Abstractionism to Algorithmics in Art and Architecture
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Matthew Evans, Rebecca Allen, Ben White
- Publisher
- gta Verlag / eth Zürich
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 3856764453
- ISBN13
- 9783856764456
- Series
- Tags
- Architecture
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
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- By the time the computer entered the architectural scene, its place had been prepared by decades of avant-gardist experimentation. The modernist programme of rationalising creative practice took a decidedly bureaucratic turn between the 1930s and 1960s. While attempting to crack the code of artistic genius in hopes of democratising the creation of better environments, a repertoire of algorithmic techniques emerged. Matthew Allen shows how, by reformulating their disciplines in terms of flowcharting procedures developed for scientific management, artists and architects enacted a paradigm shift, replacing composition with organisation as the basis for design.