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Issue 6:1

Histories

We find inflection points in the history of architecture, engineering, and construction when the invention or modification of technologies significantly shifted the trajectory of each discipline; we observe translations of technology from one field to another; and we see how technologies can facilitate new ways of understanding and analyzing the built environment.

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6.1
Processing in Progress: A Benchmark Analysis of Photogrammetry Applications for Digital Architectural Documentation
by Rob Kesack
Since its initial development in the 1820s, photography revolutionized the way people looked at and remembered...
Processing in Progress: A Benchmark Analysis of Photogrammetry Applications for Digital Architectural Documentation
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6.1
Modern Architecture and Climate: Design Before Air Conditioning
by Gabrielle Brainard
The history of modern architecture is well-worn territory. But what if we could upend its familiar narratives to...
Modern Architecture and Climate: Design Before Air Conditioning
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6.1
Designing a Pavilion that Generates Electricity
by Yun Kyu Yi, Keunhyuk Jang, Andrew Chun-An Wei, Bhujon Kang & Manal Anis
This paper demonstrates a design method that integrates various computational tools such as Rhinoceros, the artificial...
Designing a Pavilion that Generates Electricity
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6.1
Assembling the Assembler: Reanimating the “Lost” Motion Machine of Wachsmann, Bollinger, and Mendoza
by Elizabeth Andrzejewski, Marcus Shaffer & Esther Obonyo
In the late 1960s, Konrad Wachsmann moved to the University of Southern California to begin the Building Research...
Assembling the Assembler: Reanimating the “Lost” Motion Machine of Wachsmann, Bollinger, and Mendoza
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6.1
Neural Image Classifiers for Historical Building Elements and Typologies
by Andrew Witt & Eunu Kim
New technologies of machine vision and artificial intelligence (AI) are opening fresh avenues to catalog and compare...
Neural Image Classifiers for Historical Building Elements and Typologies
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6.1
Decoding the Architectural Genome: Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms in Design
by Mohammad Makki, Diego Navarro-Mateu & Milad Showkatbakhsh
The application of population-based optimization algorithms in design is heavily driven by the translation and...
Decoding the Architectural Genome: Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms in Design
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6.1
From Efficiency to Exhaustion: Computer-Aided Architecture at the Madrid Calculation Center (1968–1973)
by Diana Cristobal Olave
This paper proposes the notion of exhaustion as an alternative paradigm to study postwar historiographies of computer-aided...
From Efficiency to Exhaustion: Computer-Aided Architecture at the Madrid Calculation Center (1968–1973)
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6.1
Counterfactual Modeling in Historical Reconstruction: El Lissitzky’s Horizontal Skyscraper WB2
by Samuel Johnson, Mitesh Dixit, Lawry Boyer & Stephen Melville
In this project, three drawings for a horizontal skyscraper by El Lissitzky are analyzed and reconstructed using...
Counterfactual Modeling in Historical Reconstruction: El Lissitzky’s Horizontal Skyscraper WB2
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6.1
Algorithmic Pathways and the Continuing Narratives of the Twentieth Century
by Julian Wang & Anne-Catrin Schultz
“Histories” uncovers the diverse narratives in architecture technology, history, and culture, looking for unexpected...
Algorithmic Pathways and the Continuing Narratives of the Twentieth Century
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Standing or Sitting: The Water Pavilion at Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Memorial and its Restoration
by Anne-Catrin Schultz & Guido Pietropoli
It does not make sense to use the term “tomb” for the project built by Carlo Scarpa in San Vito di Altivole...
Standing or Sitting: The Water Pavilion at Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Memorial and its Restoration
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