The books opens with an examination of the technological reality on which Smart Cities are built, from the chips and sensors that enable us to monitor what happens within the infrastructure to the sma
The emphasis of the book is on analysing and explaining the sensibility of poetics at work in designing and constructing architecture. The book is rich in analytical diagrams, and documents featured p
Scale in cities is relative and absolute. It has the ability to make us feel at home in the world or alien from it; connected or disconnected. Both large and small scale in cities can be beautiful; bo
Architecture is on the brink. It is a discipline in crisis. Over the last two decades, architectural debate has diversified to the point of fragmentation and exhaustion. What is called for is an over
With scripting, computer programming becomes integral to the digital design process. It provides unique opportunities for innovation, enabling the designer to customise the software around their own p
The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in ArchitectureJuhani PallasmaaAll artistic and architectural effects are evoked, mediated and experienced through poeticised images. These images are embod
The Embodied Image: Imagination and Imagery in ArchitectureJuhani PallasmaaAll artistic and architectural effects are evoked, mediated and experienced through poeticised images. These images are embod
In our current global networked culture that puts so much emphasis on the virtual and the visual, the mind and the body have become detached and ultimately disconnected. Though physical appearance is
