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1. Introduction
Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK and Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA
Section 1: Parametricism and Politics - Polemics
2. On Numbers, More or Less
Reinhold Martin, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA
3. The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism: and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order
Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK
4. There is No Such Thing as a Political Architecture; There is No Such Thing as Digital Architecture
Neil Leach, USC School of Architecture, USA
Section 2: Post-Humanist Critiques
5. Parametricist Architecture (Would be a Good Idea)
Benjamin Bratton, University of California, San Diego, USA
6. 'Play Turtle, Do It Yourself': Flocks, Swarms, Schools, and the Political-Architectural Imaginary
Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA
7. Breeding Ideology: Parametricism and Biological Architecture
Christina Cogdell, University of California, Davis, USA
Section 3: Techniques of (Socio-Spatio-Political) Representation
8. Speculation, Presumption and Assumption: The Ideology of Algebraic-to-Parametric Workspace
Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK
9. Undelete: Recreating Uncensored Archives
Laura Kurgan, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA
10. Architecture as Disputing Calculations: Notes for a Pragmatic Reframing of Parametricism and Architecture
Andres Jaque, Andres Jaque Architects: Office for Political Innovation, Spain
Section 4: The Figure of the Practicing Architect
11. Parametric Schizophrenia
Peggy Deamer, Yale School of Architecture, USA
12. The Architecture of Neoliberalism
Teddy Cruz, University of California, Davis, USA
13. Parameter Value
Phillip G. Bernstein, Autodesk, USA
14. Spinoza's Geometric and Ecological Ratios
Peg Rawes, Bartlett School of Architecture, UK
Index.
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The politics of parametricism : digital technologies in architecture. ISBN 9781472581655. Published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
