The Active Image: Architecture And Engineering In The Age Of Modeling (philosophy Of Engineering And Technology)
by Remei Capdevila-Werning /
2017 / English / PDF
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The “active image” refers to the operative nature of images, thus
capturing the vast array of “actions” that images
perform. This volume features essays that present a new
approach to image theory. It explores the many ways images become
active in architecture and engineering design processes and
how, in the age of computer-based modeling, images play
an indispensable role.
The “active image” refers to the operative nature of images, thus
capturing the vast array of “actions” that images
perform. This volume features essays that present a new
approach to image theory. It explores the many ways images become
active in architecture and engineering design processes and
how, in the age of computer-based modeling, images play
an indispensable role.
The contributors examine different types of images, be they
pictures, sketches, renderings, maps, plans, and photographs; be
they analog or digital, planar or three-dimensional, ephemeral,
realistic or imaginary. Their essays investigate how images
serve as means of representing, as tools for thinking and
reasoning, as ways of imagining the inexistent, as means of
communicating and conveying information and how images may also
perform functions and have an agency in their own.
The contributors examine different types of images, be they
pictures, sketches, renderings, maps, plans, and photographs; be
they analog or digital, planar or three-dimensional, ephemeral,
realistic or imaginary. Their essays investigate how images
serve as means of representing, as tools for thinking and
reasoning, as ways of imagining the inexistent, as means of
communicating and conveying information and how images may also
perform functions and have an agency in their own.
The essays discuss the role of images from the
perspective of philosophy, theory and history of
architecture, history of science, media theory, cognitive
sciences, design studies, and visual studies, offering a
multidisciplinary approach to imagery and showing the various
methodologies and interpretations in current research. In
addition, they offer valuable insight to better understand how
images operate and function in the arts and sciences in general.
The essays discuss the role of images from the
perspective of philosophy, theory and history of
architecture, history of science, media theory, cognitive
sciences, design studies, and visual studies, offering a
multidisciplinary approach to imagery and showing the various
methodologies and interpretations in current research. In
addition, they offer valuable insight to better understand how
images operate and function in the arts and sciences in general.