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There Is No Such Thing as a Digital Building: A Critique of the Discrete
Author(s) -
Leach Neil
Publication year - 2019
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.2423
Subject(s) - miami , architecture , style (visual arts) , architectural engineering , sociology , computer science , engineering ethics , mathematics education , engineering , visual arts , art , mathematics , environmental science , soil science
What exactly is the Discrete? A style, or rather a design/ fabrication method? And how does it relate to the continuous? Architectural educator and writer Neil Leach – who currently teaches at Shanghai's Tongji University, Miami's Florida International University School of Architecture, and the European Graduate School – challenges deficiencies and inconsistencies in its definition, and questions the very notion of digital materials.