[SIGCIS-Members] History of computing in architecture -- references?

Sun May 3 12:55:23 PDT 2020

Dear Telly,

It’s a strange and difficult book, but Contagious Architecture: Computation, Aesthetics, and Space, by Luciana Parisi, might provide a very different but quite expansive understanding of the relationship between architecture and computation.

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Dartmouth College

On May 3, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Theodora Vardouli, Prof. <theodora.vardouli at mcgill.ca<mailto:theodora.vardouli at mcgill.ca>> wrote:

Dear Telly,

Daniel's and Molly's works are excellent suggestions! May I add the book that I co-edited with Olga Touloumi: Computer Architectures: Constructing the Common Ground<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.routledge.com%2FComputer-Architectures-Constructing-the-Common-Ground%2FVardouli-Touloumi%2Fp%2Fbook%2F9780815396529%3Futm_source%3Dcrcpress.com%26utm_medium%3Dreferral&data=02%7C01%7CAden.L.Evens%40dartmouth.edu%7Cb51473cf4eb6404b34f408d7ef991f7c%7C995b093648d640e5a31ebf689ec9446f%7C0%7C0%7C637241313260339535&sdata=NduMLSeqcqAvvQmMIHCHmq%2FWxFh5F%2FTCJ%2B%2FMxbNHPSo%3D&reserved=0> (Routledge, 2020). It is a collection of essays by architecture and history of computing colleagues writing on this exact topic.
Also, please tell your student that they are welcome to contact me if they would like to talk more. This is the area in which I research and teach. Plus we could chat in Greek :)

All best,
Theodora

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On May 3, 2020, at 3:25 PM, Fenwick Mckelvey <fenwick.mckelvey at concordia.ca<mailto:fenwick.mckelvey at concordia.ca>> wrote:

Might I suggest Architectural Intelligence by Molly Wright Steenson: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/architectural-intelligence<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmitpress.mit.edu%2Fbooks%2Farchitectural-intelligence&data=02%7C01%7CAden.L.Evens%40dartmouth.edu%7Cb51473cf4eb6404b34f408d7ef991f7c%7C995b093648d640e5a31ebf689ec9446f%7C0%7C0%7C637241313260349522&sdata=746w%2FuRaS8Fc6R%2BXGNi0WScYtjqxbokSqbObS7NgIvs%3D&reserved=0>

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Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] History of computing in architecture -- references?

Dear Telly,

I would suggest your student looks into the work of my CMU colleague Daniel Cardoso, a computer historian and professor of architecture. His 2015 book Builders of the Vision is an insightful history of computer-aided design. His website, with links to several relevant articles, is here: http://dcardo.com/<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdcardo.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CAden.L.Evens%40dartmouth.edu%7Cb51473cf4eb6404b34f408d7ef991f7c%7C995b093648d640e5a31ebf689ec9446f%7C0%7C0%7C637241313260359521&sdata=Lc5touT9ZLYRO2pgKUed3Cs8zOOOcHN%2FV5YAUM8wE7E%3D&reserved=0>
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I have a peripheral connection with his work in reconstructing early CAD software, and last year he exhibited a reconstruction of the 1972 CISP system (by Christos Yessios) as part of an exhibit I curated on campus here in Pittsburgh.

Daniel is quite approachable, and would probably be amenable to your student reaching out to him.

Best,
Andrew

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 12:16 PM Aristotle Tympas <tympas at phs.uoa.gr<mailto:tympas at phs.uoa.gr>> wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I hope all is well during this difficult period.

A graduate student who works on a thesis on the history of the introduction and use of electronic computing in architecture (focusing on hardware-software for architectural drawing/design), has asked me to help her with secondary literature on the topic. Suggestions would be very welcomed.

Thank you,

Telly

Aristotle Tympas
Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Director, Division of History of Science and Technology, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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