iA #4

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Architecture

ISBN: 9789490322274
English edition
Jap Sam Books
Softcover, 124 pages
12 x 21 cm
colour
May 2011
€18,87 (excl. VAT)

iA #4

Quantum Architecture

Kas Oosterhuis, Han Feng, Xin Xia Ed(s)

Series: Interactive Architecture

The fourth issue of the iA bookazine presents quantum theory as a new stimulus for architectural debate. Quantum theory, as the most precise explanation of our physical world, has not only triggered a tremendous technical improvement, but has also introduced a revolutionary quantum world view that considers the material world as a non-deterministic construct, deciphered with probability and interactivity. From this point of view, true interaction can be envisioned between users and their constructed environments, and between designers and their computational tools.

Papers collected in iA#4 come from both the theoretical perspective that adopts quantum paradigm as the conceptual model to examine the new condition of cultural, social and spatial organization, and the computational perspective that presents a novel computational concept and strategy, based on the quantum world view and its related reflections. Quantum physicists, architects, sociologists, researchers and students come together in this issue of the iA bookzine to challenge the new territory of quantum architecture.