Architectonics Books. Volume 2 Upon Entropy : Architectonics of the Image in the Age of Information (Applied Virtuality Book Series 23) (2023. 251 S. 175 mm)

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In his 1979 essay The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge philosopher Jean-François Lyotard noted that the advent of the computer opened up a stage of progress in which knowledge has become a commodity. Modernity and postmodernity appear as two stages of a process resulting from the conflict of science and narrative. As science attempts to distance itself from narrative, it must create its own legitimacy. This paper takes up this challenge with a focus on the question of imagery. The image is precisely what modern science seeks to free itself from in its quest for absolute transparency. This transparency is examined from the perspective of architecture, drawing on arguments from philosophy, quantum mechanics, theology and information theory.

  • Natural science in the context of postmodernism
  • Quantum mechanics and information theory
  • New volume in the Applied Virtuality Book Series

In his 1979 essay The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge philosopher Jean-François Lyotard noted that the advent of the computer opened up a stage of progress in which knowledge has become a commodity. Modernity and postmodernity appear as two stages of a process resulting from the conflict of science and narrative. As science attempts to distance itself from narrative, it must create its own legitimacy. This paper takes up this challenge with a focus on the question of imagery. The image is precisely what modern science seeks to free itself from in its quest for absolute transparency. This transparency is examined from the perspective of architecture, drawing on arguments from philosophy, quantum mechanics, theology and information theory.

  • Natural science in the context of postmodernism
  • Quantum mechanics and information theory
  • New volume in the Applied Virtuality Book Series

Riccardo M. Villa ist seit September 2017 als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der TU Wien, Inst. für Architekturtheorie. Er hat einen Master-Abschluss in Architektur von der Polytechnischen Universität Mailand, wo er mit einer Dissertation über die zeitgenössischen Veränderungen des Architektenberufs mit Auszeichnung abschloss. Im Juli 2022 erhielt er seinen Doktortitel mit der Bestnote, mit einer Dissertation mit dem Titel Upon Entropy. Architektur und Bild im Zeitalter der Information. Sein beruflicher Hintergrund umfasst die Zusammenarbeit mit verschiedenen Büros in ganz Europa, von kleinen Ateliers bis hin zu großen Architekturbüros. Seit 2009 ist er Mitglied und Teil des Redaktionsausschusses von GIZMO, einem in Mailand ansässigen Architekturforschungskollektiv und einer Plattform für Publikationen, Veranstaltungen und Ausstellungen. Er schreibt Beiträge für Zeitschriften und andere Publikationen, die sich mit Architekturgeschichte und -kritik befassen.

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