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The embodied architect in the information age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Richard Coyne
Richard Coyne
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Department of ArchitectureUniversity of Edinburgh20 Chambers StreetEdinburgh EH1 1JZUK
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Abstract

The relationship between architecture, the body and the computer is considered in this paper. Whereas the body has been related traditionally to architecture through concepts of geometry and proportion, the computer also brings to light the valorization of craft, McLuhan's philosophy of the changing sensorium, the projection of digital utopias, Freud's construction of the relationships between repetition, obsession and the uncanny, and the residence of the body in concepts of mind. The examination of these issues is productive in the context of the design studio.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 175 - 186
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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