In the book, The Architecture Machines written in 1969, Nicholas Negroponte proves to be a visionary propagating the school of machinic thought and digitisation in architecture. The author begins the chapter questioning the credential of division of creative labour when machine is introduced not only to perform programmed function but also to find solutions in [...]
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Symbiosis of Architecture and Machine
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Synergy of Space and Climate
There is a popular belief that the foundation of architecture is structured on the harmony of form and function, wherein one factor influences the other to evolve into a built environment. Phillips Rahm, in his writing, FORM AND FUNCTION FOLLOWS CLIMATE rejects the theory of rigid and programmatic architecture as emphasised on ‘form follows [...]
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