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VIRAL: Information Technology as Prophet, Panacea, or Pariah?

VIRAL: Information Technology as Prophet, Panacea, or Pariah? I S S U E 1 :1 According to Kevin Kelly, founding member of Wired magazine, technology is ubiquitous, ever present and our destiny. Smart materials, performance sensors, crowdsourcing, cloud computing, robotics and drones are but a few of the emerging technologies vastly transforming the way in which buildings are designed and experienced. And yet the role these information technologies play in shaping architecture is rarely at the center of architec- tural thinking, criticism or design. Are architects uninterested or reluctant to address the proliferation of data-based, digitally- centered, and smart technologies that are impacting the allied e fi lds of construction, engineering, material science, and prod - uct design? Most recently, celebrated architect Rem Koolhaas suggested the possibility of a nefarious relationship between architecture and smart technologies, stating; “There is a poten- tially sinister dimension to …being surrounded by a house full of sensors that can follow you on the moment of entry, to the mo- ment you set your bedroom temperature, to the moment you set your likely return to your house." Is this seeming aversion to sensors and data points similar to that of nineteenth-century architects who neglected to consider the impact of emerging industrialized technologies http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Technology Architecture + Design Taylor & Francis

VIRAL: Information Technology as Prophet, Panacea, or Pariah?

Zarzycki, Andrzej
Technology Architecture + Design , Volume 1 (1): 2 – May 1, 2017
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VIRAL: Information Technology as Prophet, Panacea, or Pariah?

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I S S U E 1 :1 According to Kevin Kelly, founding member of Wired magazine, technology is ubiquitous, ever present and our destiny. Smart materials, performance sensors, crowdsourcing, cloud computing, robotics and drones are but a few of the emerging technologies vastly transforming the way in which buildings are designed and experienced. And yet the role these information technologies play in shaping architecture is rarely at the center of architec- tural thinking, criticism or design. Are...
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10.1080/24751448.2017.1292793
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I S S U E 1 :1 According to Kevin Kelly, founding member of Wired magazine, technology is ubiquitous, ever present and our destiny. Smart materials, performance sensors, crowdsourcing, cloud computing, robotics and drones are but a few of the emerging technologies vastly transforming the way in which buildings are designed and experienced. And yet the role these information technologies play in shaping architecture is rarely at the center of architec- tural thinking, criticism or design. Are architects uninterested or reluctant to address the proliferation of data-based, digitally- centered, and smart technologies that are impacting the allied e fi lds of construction, engineering, material science, and prod - uct design? Most recently, celebrated architect Rem Koolhaas suggested the possibility of a nefarious relationship between architecture and smart technologies, stating; “There is a poten- tially sinister dimension to …being surrounded by a house full of sensors that can follow you on the moment of entry, to the mo- ment you set your bedroom temperature, to the moment you set your likely return to your house." Is this seeming aversion to sensors and data points similar to that of nineteenth-century architects who neglected to consider the impact of emerging industrialized technologies

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Published: May 1, 2017

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