107th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Black Box

Computing (with) Architecture:Pedagogical Explorations at the Intersection of Design and Mechanical Computation

Annual Meeting Proceedings

Author(s): Dimitris Papanikolaou

This essay discusses the development of a pedagogical approach that uses principles of mechanical computation as a means to critically inquiry how information and computation can be manifested and performed tectonically through architecture. Drawing examples from the development of two courses, I pose the question: is computing designable? how might we design architecture that computes? Selected student projects are presented and discussed.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.107.104 

Volume Editors
Amy Kulper, Grace La & Jeremy Ficca

ISBN
978-1-944214-21-0