Apparatisation in & of architecture

Apparatisation in & of architecture

Lee, S. (TU Delft Theory, Territories & Transitions)
Bier, H.H. (TU Delft Architectural Engineering; Dessau Institute of Architecture)

2019

Apparatus and apparatisation, the focus of the Cyber-Physical Architecture (CpA) issue #2 of SPOOL, refer to an assemblage of various components, tools, and instruments that in combination produce an exponential surplus beyond the linear sum of parts. On the one hand, apparatus can be seen as a collective of means used to perform certain tasks in order to solve a range of problems. It can contain a series of tools and instruments and produce new rationalities that often translate into pervasive technology, such as, for instance, electricity and, today, Information and Communication Technology (ICT). On the other hand, apparatuses can be found in organisations and institutions that deal with various aspects of a society. For example, the police apparatus, of which rationalities are – rather than being embodied in physical technics – codified in written statutes. The apparatus in this sense is a collection of performative concepts that the subjective members of the apparatus execute in order to serve policies and plans.

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:69b4750d-d0ba-4b9c-b9e5-df95debdaa7d

https://doi.org/10.7480/spool.2019.1.3894

2215-0897

Spool. Journal of Architecture and the Built Environment, 6 (1 #2), 3-4

Cyber-physical Architecture #2: Apparatisation in & of Architecture

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