The architecture of error : matter, measure, and the misadventures of precision /

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Why the rise of redundant precision in architecture and the accompanying fear of error are key to understanding the discipline's needs, anxieties and desires.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hughes, Francesca
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Architectural design.
Measurement.
Architects > Psychology.
Design architectural.
Mesure.
Architectes > Psychologie.
measuring.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architects > Psychology
Architectural design
Measurement
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Ackowledgments
  • False Economy: Precision and Error in Architecture
  • 1. The Troping of Precision
  • 2. Anatomy of an Accident: Aristotle in the Garden
  • 3. Room for Doubt: Instrumentalism, Inference, and Ideology
  • 4. Abdicated Measures: Liquid Automation, Anxiety, and the Politics of Optimization
  • 5. The Blind Spot and the Bridge
  • 6. Miniature Giants: Colonial Adventures in Entropy and Scale
  • 7. The Copying Machine Fails: The Double Helix and the Loop
  • 8. Counted Away: Indexicality and the Sublimation of Ornament
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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