Machine Landscapes

Machine Landscapes

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  • Author: Liam Young
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1119453011
  • Category : Architecture
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 144

The most significant architectural spaces in the world are now entirely empty of people. The data centres, telecommunications networks, distribution warehouses, unmanned ports and industrialised agriculture that define the very nature of who we are today are at the same time places we can never visit. Instead they are occupied by server stacks and hard drives, logistics bots and mobile shelving units, autonomous cranes and container ships, robot vacuum cleaners and internet-connected toasters, driverless tractors and taxis. This issue is an atlas of sites, architectures and infrastructures that are not built for us, but whose form, materiality and purpose is configured to anticipate the patterns of machine vision and habitation rather than our own. We are said to be living in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, in which humans are the dominant force shaping the planet. This collection of spaces, however, more accurately constitutes an era of the Post-Anthropocene, a period where it is technology and artificial intelligence that now computes, conditions and constructs our world. Marking the end of human-centred design, the issue turns its attention to the new typologies of the post-human, architecture without people and our endless expanse of Machine Landscapes. Contributors: Rem Koolhaas, Merve Bedir and Jason Hilgefort, Benjamin H Bratton, Ingrid Burrington, Ian Cheng, Cathryn Dwyre, Chris Perry, David Salomon and Kathy Velikov, John Gerrard, Alice Gorman, Adam Harvey, Jesse LeCavalier, Xingzhe Liu, Clare Lyster, Geoff Manaugh, Tim Maughan, Simone C Niquille, Jenny Odell, Trevor Paglen, Ben Roberts. Featured interviews: Deborah Harrison, designer of Microsoft’s Cortana; and Paul Inglis, designer of the urban landscapes of Blade Runner 2049.


What Is Architecture?

What Is Architecture?

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  • Author: Paul Shepheard
  • Publisher: MIT Press
  • ISBN: 0262314398
  • Category : Architecture
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 142

British architect and critic Paul Shepheard is a fresh new voice in current postmodern debates about the history and meaning of architecture. In this wonderfully unorthodox quasi-novelistic essay, complete with characters and dialogue (but no plot), Shepheard draws a boundary around the subject of architecture, describing its place in art and technology, its place in history, and its place in our lives now. At a time when it is fashionable to say that architecture is everything—from philosophy to science to art to theory—Shepheard boldly and irreverently sets limits to the subject, so that we may talk about architecture for what it is. He takes strong positions, names the causes of the problems, and tells us how bad things are and how they can get better. Along the way he marshals some unlikely but plausible witnesses who testify about the current state of architecture. Instead of the usual claims or complaints by the usual suspects, these observations are of an altogether different order. Constructed as a series of fables, many of them politically incorrect, What is Architecture? is a refreshing meditation on the options, hopes, possibilities, and failures of shelter in society.


Global Perspectives on the Ecology of Human-Machine Systems

Global Perspectives on the Ecology of Human-Machine Systems

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  • Author: John M. Flach
  • Publisher: CRC Press
  • ISBN: 1351444654
  • Category : Technology & Engineering
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 428

There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the wrong type of psychology, an information processing view of psychology that is reductionistic and context-free. Ecological psychology offers a viable alternative, presenting a richer view of human behavior that is holistic and contextualized. The papers presented in these two volumes show the conceptual impact that ecological psychology can have on HF/E, as well as presenting a number of specific examples illustrating the ecological approach to human-machine systems. It is the first collection of papers that explicitly draws a connection between these two fields. While work in this area is only just beginning, the evidence available suggests that taking an ecological approach to human factors/ergonomics helps bridge the existing gap between basic research and applied problems.


Fabric Landscapes by Machine

Fabric Landscapes by Machine

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  • Author: Linda Crone
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780873418362
  • Category : Embroidery, Machine
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Sew beautiful landscapes for home decor and wearables.


Beautifully Embellished Landscapes

Beautifully Embellished Landscapes

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  • Author: Joyce Becker
  • Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
  • ISBN: 1607052954
  • Category : Crafts & Hobbies
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 101

New Ideas to Bring Your Landscape Quilts to Life! You won't believe the realistic effects you can achieve in your next landscape quilt! Amazing variety of techniques includes paints, markers, stamps, photo printing and artwork, threadwork and lace, sheer overlays and Angelina fibers, and so much more. Create realistic special effects for water, reflections, skies, snow, gardens, and buildings. Great ideas for landscape-inspired gifts including greeting cards, photo transfers, and small quilts. Spectacular results are within your reach, when you try the techniques developed by landscape expert Joyce Becker. Play like a kid in kindergarten: special paints, fibers, and tools are easy to find and fun to use. Over 200 photos and illustrations for inspiration, plus 8 complete projects.


Quilted Landscapes

Quilted Landscapes

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  • Author: Joan Blalock
  • Publisher: Martingale
  • ISBN: 9781564771445
  • Category : Landscapes in art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Designing a quilt - Supplies and materials - Basic methods - Embellishments.


Luscious Landscapes

Luscious Landscapes

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  • Author: Joyce R. Becker
  • Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
  • ISBN: 9781571201942
  • Category : Fabric pictures
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 100


Planet City

Planet City

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  • Author: Liam Young
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780648685876
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

Planet City is a speculation of what might happen if the world collapsed into a new home for 10 billion people, allowing the rest of the world to return to a global wilderness. It is both an extraordinary image of tomorrow and an urgent examination of the environmental questions that face us today.


Landscapes

Landscapes

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  • Author: Virginia A. Arnold
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780021753802
  • Category : Language arts (Elementary)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 756


Landscapes and Illusions

Landscapes and Illusions

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  • Author: Joen Wolfrom
  • Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
  • ISBN: 1571205179
  • Category : Crafts & Hobbies
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 101

Here is the book to help you create strip-pieced fabric landscape quilts that reflect the ever-changing moods of nature. With clear, precise information on color and fabric, learn to create visual illusions of depth, luminosity, reflections, or mist that add drama and emotion to your scenic imagery.