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The Post‐Epistemological Details of Oceanic Ontologies
Author(s) -
Armstrong Rachel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1789
Subject(s) - greenwich , avatar , architecture , sociology , technological convergence , emerging technologies , data science , convergence (economics) , engineering ethics , computer science , engineering , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , visual arts , art , economics , environmental science , soil science , economic growth
The convergence of advanced technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, information and cognitive (NBIC) technologies is opening up the possibilities of working in architecture with lifelike systems and detailing dynamic matter. Here Rachel Armstrong , a co‐director of the Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research (AVATAR) group at the University of Greenwich, London, explores the potentials and limits of these emerging ‘Oceanic Ontologies’.