Browse the wePapers index of documents
Upload documents to wePapers
sign up
Login
Paper Key
Courses
Members
Papers
Drawings & Numbers: Five Centuries of Digital Design, Fall 2002, MIT
7 Papers | 1 Member | Created by Bar tender on 8/22/2008 | Category: Architecture Design
Description: The aim of this course is to highlight some technical aspects of the classical tradition in architecture that have so far received only sporadic attention. It is well known that quantification has always been an essential component of classical design: proportional systems in particular have been keenly investigated. But the actual technical tools whereby quantitative precision was conceived, represented, transmitted, and implemented in pre-modern architecture remain mostly unexplored. By showing that a dialectical relationship between architectural theory and data-processing technologies was as crucial in the past as it is today, this course hopes to promote a more historically aware understanding of the current computer-induced transformations in architectural design.