Flowcharting: From Abstractionism to Algorithmics in Art and Architecture

Allen, Matthew

ISBN 10: 3856764453 / ISBN 13: 9783856764456

Published by gta Verlag / eth Zürich, 2023

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140 pages. 6.85x4.49x0.51 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flowcharting: From Abstractionism to Algorithmics in Art and Architecture
• Publisher: gta Verlag / eth Zürich
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3856764453
• ISBN 13: 9783856764456
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

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.