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Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space

Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space Journal of Urban Technology, Vol. 19, No. 3, 137–144, July 2012 Book Reviews by Mark Shepard, ed. (Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 2011) Pp. 220, $24.95 (Paperback) examines and expands on the 2009 exhibition Toward the Sentient City, and the 2006 symposium Architecture and Situated Technologies held at The Architectural League of New York. The Sentient City project uses as a point of departure Archi- gram’s 1963 exhibition Living City. Mark Shepard defines the Sentient City as “one that is able to hear and feel things happening within it, yet doesn’t necessarily know anything in particular about them,” and contends that this anthropomorph- ism of the city is destabilizing and creates a contested site and presents a moral dilemma. Shepard calls for a reconsideration of the role of architects and the pro- fession in relation to the continuously evolving “smart” city, where ubiquitous computing technologies produce a city capable of monitoring and reacting to its inhabitants. Shepard introduces five case studies—projects commissioned for the exhibit—and a series of critical essays which help to contextualize the case studies in longstanding and established discourses on the technological mediation of urban life and the of role architects, urban designers, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Urban Technology Taylor & Francis

Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space

Al-Kodmany, Kheir
Journal of Urban Technology , Volume 19 (3): 4 – Jul 1, 2012
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10.1080/10630732.2012.744599
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Journal of Urban Technology, Vol. 19, No. 3, 137–144, July 2012 Book Reviews by Mark Shepard, ed. (Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 2011) Pp. 220, $24.95 (Paperback) examines and expands on the 2009 exhibition Toward the Sentient City, and the 2006 symposium Architecture and Situated Technologies held at The Architectural League of New York. The Sentient City project uses as a point of departure Archi- gram’s 1963 exhibition Living City. Mark Shepard defines the Sentient City as “one that is able to hear and feel things happening within it, yet doesn’t necessarily know anything in particular about them,” and contends that this anthropomorph- ism of the city is destabilizing and creates a contested site and presents a moral dilemma. Shepard calls for a reconsideration of the role of architects and the pro- fession in relation to the continuously evolving “smart” city, where ubiquitous computing technologies produce a city capable of monitoring and reacting to its inhabitants. Shepard introduces five case studies—projects commissioned for the exhibit—and a series of critical essays which help to contextualize the case studies in longstanding and established discourses on the technological mediation of urban life and the of role architects, urban designers, and

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