Contents
List of illustrations vii
List of contributors ix
Acknowledgments xv
1. Introduction 1
Matthew Poole and Manuel Shvartzberg
2.The historical pertinence of parametricism and the prospect of a free market urban order Patrik Schumacher 19
3. On numbers, more or less Reinhold Martin 45
4. There is no such thing as political architecture. There is no such thing as digital architecture Neil Leach 58
5.Parametricist architecture would be a good idea
Benjamin H. Bration 79
6.Play Turtle, Do It Yourself. Flocks, swarms, schools, and the architectural-political imaginary
Manuel Shvartzberg 94
7. Breeding ideology: Parametricism and biological architecture
Christina Cogdelt 123
8.Speculation, presumption, and assumption:
The ideology of algebraic-to-parametric workspace
Matthew Poole 138
9. Undelete: Recreating censored archives Laura Kurgan and Dan Taeyoung 159
10.Disputing calculations in architecture: Notes for
a pragmatic refraining of parametricism and architecture 168
Andres Jaque 168
11.Parametric schizoohrenia 178
Peggy Deamer
12.The architecture of neoliberalism 189
Teddy Cruz
13.Parameter value 200
Phillip G. Bernstein
14.Spinoza's geometric and ecological ratios 213
Peg Rawes
Bibliography 231
Index 245