sociopolis information territorial architecture

books:

Sociopolis: Project for a City of the Future

Actar/Architectektur Zentrum Wien, 2006

These designs for a "low speed," "rurban," neighborhood in Valencia, Spain, created by 13 international architecture firms (Toyo Ito, MVRDV, FOA, Fran ois Roche and others) under the direction of Vicente Guallart, look again at public housing as a site for architectural utopianism. Each contributor was asked to bring an agricultural sensibility to the high-density project, and to use as a guide the inhabited orchards and gardens that had once ...

GeoLogics: Geography, Bits and Architecture
Vicente Guallart

Actar, 2008

Vicente Guallart, pioneer of new media in architecture, examines the technological, social and cultural changes inherent in our information society for fresh ways of building in the city. Presenting the last 15 years of his work, this book investigates architecture s ability to construct systems for habitable environments in diverse environmental, social and economic conditions. His collaborations with specialists in geology, anthropology, ...

Geocat: Territorial Loops

Actar, 2005

Description: GeoCat sets out to follow the tradition of charting or map-making as the capturing of visual records of a territory--in this case, Catalonia--where the force of the urban seems to presage imminent transformation in its environment. Catalonia is a heterogeneous and plural territory, rich and diverse. The visualization of the multiple facets and fragments that make up this territory offered by GeoCat evidences the richness of this ...

Self-Sufficient Housing: 1st Advanced Architecture Contest

1 review
Lucas Capelli, Vicente Guallart

Actar, 2006

Nicely executed
This hand-sized publication chronicles the results of the 1st Advanced Architecture Contest sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC). With the goal of stimulating social, technical and cultural progress, the international competition's intention was to be a precursor to more extensive research to be performed at the IAAC on the theme of the Self-Sufficient House. ...

Operative Optimism
Federico Soriano

Actar, 2004

A compilation of the most recent exploits of European architecture, Operative Optimism is a sort of optimist's manifesto on the possibilities and challenges of present-day architecture. Influenced by a new digital context, these architects reconsider their work in different ways but always with a firm belief in the material results of their profession. Six chapters explore the subject: "Synthetic Logic" offers concise and direct ways to provide ...

Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture: City, Technology and Society in the Information Age

3 reviews
Eduard Bru, Jose Alfonso Ballesteros, ...

Actar, 2003

excellent conceptual development
As an architecture student, I have found this book to be a valuable resource in terms of idea generation and development of design concepts. My professor, who practices architecture and makes use of the book on a professional level, recommended it to my classmates and I - I have used it ever since. Not only does it link terms with architectural concepts developed by well known and celebrated ...

Media House Project: The House Is The Computer The Structure The Network

Actar, 2005

Description: The Media House Project is the result of a strategic alliance between the Metapolis Group from Barcelona, the MIT Media Lab, and the Fundacio Politecnica de Catalunya, with the collaboration of the consortium I2Cat and the Elisava Design School. In order to build a prototype of an informational house, this project tests the progression of informational techniques beyond computers, and integrates it into everyday life. As seen here, ...

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Collage Discovery Workshop
Faeries
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Developer's Workshop to COM and ATL 3.0
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Purple Crayon Books)

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