manege für architektur 2 automations

The second issue of manege für architektur "automations" explains and presents the rapidly developing digital technologies and investigates their relevance for architecture, our built environment and society with a particular focus on the interplay between artistic and artificial intelligence.

Today, it has become increasingly common to collaborate with robots and algorithms. In architecture, design and construction methods based on machine learning processes generate first results and herald a shift from the focus on fabrication towards a deeper integration of thinking and making. In addition, the ubiquity of machine vision and sensing connect not only the machine and the digital with the real world, but also the human with both worlds through virtual and augmented reality.

«automations» contributes to our digital empowerment by presenting diverse perspectives on the creative use of contemporary digital technologies helping us to critically engage with them in order to design and shape a better built environment.

With contributions by Paula Strunden (Soft Bodies, Virtual Fruits, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna), Cenk Güzelis (University of Innsbruck), Robert Twomey (Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts), Yana Boeva (University of Stuttgart), Gilles Retsin (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), Thomas Wortmann (University of Stuttgart), Christian Gänshirt (Politecnico di Milano), Benjamin Dillenburger (ETH Zürich), Michael Hansmeyer, Norman Sieroka (University of Bremen), Matthias Kohler (ETH Zürich), Matias del Campo (Span, Taubman College, University of Michigan), Jonathan Assmus, Simon Thoböll, Andreas Nutz (Philosophisches Atelier, University of Bremen), Zeynep Aksöz & Mark Balzar (OpenFields, die Angewandte, Vienna), Hannes Mayer (manege für architektur), Sean Hanna (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL).

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We believe in the importance of connecting the academic discourse with the practice of architecture and consider writing and publishing as architecture. We take great care in identifying relevant, challenging topics, making them accessible to the wider architecture community and public.

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Digital technologies confront us all. As architects, artists or members of civil society, we are asked to position ourselves to them. Human-made, they call for participation in taming or leveraging their power. How does architecture change in this new condition of human-machine interaction where artificial and artistic intelligence become increasingly inseparable?

The second issue of manege für architektur makes the complex topic accessible. For the specialists amongst us, it extends the discussion to include philosophical reflections and a wealth of surprising perspectives.

manege für architektur is dedicated to a lively, forward-looking yet critical architectural discourse, providing a stage and medium for young voices, sharp minds and leading experts. We see writing as an artistic practice and not as a commodity. That is why we go to great lengths to achieve a perfect product. From the editing process and the proof-reading to the graphic design and physical production. We print pure pantone and hks colours on Lessebo Design Smooth paper and opted for a thread sewn schweizer broschur lay-flat binding to celebrate the graphic design of cyan Berlin.

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