I'm working on the beginnings of researching my thesis. I'm currently gravitating towards looking at the impact of technology on the use of architecture in the way it effects social interactions and the creation of events. More specifically, I'm looking at the impact of the Internet and mobile computing (iPhones, Blackberry's, etc. Mobile Computers).
I just read an article in the newest AD called "iPhone City" which was great. Can anyone recommend me any more articles/essays/books/projects that may deal with this topic?
Also, it seems that Paul Virilio is a philosopher who is extremely involved with architecture and urbanism and has written about technology extensively. Does anyone know a place to start with Virilio that is pertinent to this topic?
I liked the article because of Its scope that it looked at architecture. It was not as fulfilling in some areas when he detailed his visions for the "software" side of architecture, but it was all appreciated in conveying his message which looks critically at the position of architecture in our present and projective culture
ditto to skeez's comment, Bill's work in the Livable Cities group at the Media Lab would be worth checking out, along with Hiroshi Ishii's work in the Tangible Media group.
read adam greenfield (Everywhere and speedbird), dan hill's blog city of sound, eric paulos and anthony townsend. anne galloway has shut down her blog, but is writing at spaceandculture. they're all smarter (well greenfield, hill and galloway are) than mitchell.
for virilio start with the semitext(e) series, like Politics and Speed, Popular Defense and Ecological Struggles, and The Aesthetics of Disappearance.
Carlo Ratti's work at MIT on ambient informatics is amazing (i think that is the Sensible City Workshop), as is the work of Fabien Girardin at Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. I think he's now at Lift Lab.
Architecture and Technology/Mobile Computing/The Internet (+Virilio?)
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I'm working on the beginnings of researching my thesis. I'm currently gravitating towards looking at the impact of technology on the use of architecture in the way it effects social interactions and the creation of events. More specifically, I'm looking at the impact of the Internet and mobile computing (iPhones, Blackberry's, etc. Mobile Computers).
I just read an article in the newest AD called "iPhone City" which was great. Can anyone recommend me any more articles/essays/books/projects that may deal with this topic?
Also, it seems that Paul Virilio is a philosopher who is extremely involved with architecture and urbanism and has written about technology extensively. Does anyone know a place to start with Virilio that is pertinent to this topic?
Thank you very much!!
william mitchell has written extensively on this topic.
Must have:
Rise of Networked Society ,Manuel Castells
why was iphone city great?
I liked the article because of Its scope that it looked at architecture. It was not as fulfilling in some areas when he detailed his visions for the "software" side of architecture, but it was all appreciated in conveying his message which looks critically at the position of architecture in our present and projective culture
ditto to skeez's comment, Bill's work in the Livable Cities group at the Media Lab would be worth checking out, along with Hiroshi Ishii's work in the Tangible Media group.
read adam greenfield (Everywhere and speedbird), dan hill's blog city of sound, eric paulos and anthony townsend. anne galloway has shut down her blog, but is writing at spaceandculture. they're all smarter (well greenfield, hill and galloway are) than mitchell.
for virilio start with the semitext(e) series, like Politics and Speed, Popular Defense and Ecological Struggles, and The Aesthetics of Disappearance.
Carlo Ratti's work at MIT on ambient informatics is amazing (i think that is the Sensible City Workshop), as is the work of Fabien Girardin at Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. I think he's now at Lift Lab.
correction: Mitchell's group is [url]Smart Cities[/url], not Livable Cities
lets try that again: Smart Cities
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