Representational systems in architectural design are broadly conceived in terms of visual and symbolic notational systems. Their affinities and differences to autographic and allographic representational systems and to digital and analog systems of representation respectively is traced through a series of readings that take on akin ideas in other fields including art, philosophy, history and philosophy of science, linguistics and psychology, literature and literary studies, logic and mathematics, and artificial intelligence.

The course is open to M.Arch, MS.Arch and PhD students with an interest in formal (spatial / mathematical) analysis and composition. Undergraduate students can take the class with a special permit.


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