Designing the Computational Image, Imagining Computational Design

Daniel Cardoso Llach, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of Builders of the Vision: Software and the Imagination of Design (Routledge, 2015) and the co-editor of Other Computations (Uniandes, 2020).Theodora Vardouli, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, McGill University. She is co-editor of Computer Architectures: Constructing the Common Ground (Routledge, 2020).

• Materialities16 Images to Think WithDaniel Cardoso Llach24 On the SurfaceTheodora VardouliArchive36 Servomechanisms Laboratory, MIT, United States48 Cambridge CAD Group, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom50 Sperry Gyroscope Co. of Canada Ltd., CanadaWorks54 Ben Snell56 BairBalliet (Kristy Balliet and Kelly Bair)58 Joseph Choma61 Vernelle Noel64 Jonah Marrs66 Nicolas Reeves67 Jer Thorp and Diane ThorpVisualities102 The Computer-Aided Design Project, MIT, United States114 Cambridge CAD Group, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom119 University of Utah, United States120 Bell Labs, United States126 McGill University, Canada130 Computer Graphics Group, University of Toronto, Canada142 Alan Warburton143 Dana Cupkova144 Andrew Heumann146 Zach Lieberman150 Carl Lostritto151 Joseph Choma152 Golan Levin154 BairBalliet (Kristy Balliet and Kelly Bair)156 Benedikt Groß157 Kyuha Shim158 Ben Snell160 Shaheer Zazai161 Jonah MarrsAgencies240 The Computer-Aided Design Project, MIT, United States250 The Architecture Machine, MIT, United States254 Institute for Physical Planning, CMU, United States260 Centre for Land Use and Built Form Studies, Cambridge University, United Kingdom261 Centre for Configurational Studies, The Open University, United Kingdom262 University of Waterloo, Canada266 Civil Engineering Systems Laboratory, MIT, United States268 University of Toronto, Canada270 Harvard Laboratory for Computer Graphics andSpatial Analysis, United States272 Université de Montréal, Canada273 Université Laval, Canada274 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada journal, Canada280 Madeline Gannon281 George Stiny282 Felecia Davis and Delia Dumitrescu283 Dana Cupkova and Daragh Byrne284 Jürg Lehni286 Golan Levin287 Elizabeth Vander Zaag289 Daniel Iregui292 Rafael Lozano-Hemmer293 Jean Dubois294 Joanna Berzowska296 Philip BeesleyMaterialitiesEssays70 Binary Image, Visual LatencyAndrés Burbano74 The Manufacturing Hand: Tactility and Abstraction in RoboticsEmek Erdolu78 Olympic CalculationsSean Keller82 Processing Models, Modeling Processes for the HfG Ulm ca. 1952Anna-Maria MeisterConversations88 Unsmooth Images: A Conversation about the Materialities of Computational DesignKristy Balliet, Sean Keller, Nathalie Bredella, and Jonah Marrs moderated by Molly Wright Steenson374 Biographies380 Acknowledgments382 Exhibition credits383 Photo creditsVisualities164 Materialities of Shiny Surfacing with ChromeAkshita Sivakumar170 “Digit Goes to Hawaii” (1976) and “Baby Eyes” (1984)Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda176 Depth and Historical Vision in Computer SimulationJacob Gaboury180 Topology, Crystals, and A Multitude of FuturesDavid Theodore184 “Metamorphosis” (1976) by Lillian SchwartzOlga Touloumi190 Interfaces of the Self: A Conversation about the Structures and Histories of ComputationalImagesJoseph Choma, Carl Lostritto, Theodora Vardouli, and Jacob Gaboury moderated byOlga Touloumi202 Imagination Machines: A Conversation with George StinyModerated by Daniel Cardoso Llach and Theodora Vardouli218 Computer Art and Information Aesthetics: A Conversation with Leslie Mezei and Frieder NakeModerated by Theodora Vardouli300 Data for Decision (film, 1967)Moa Carlsson304 Seeing with a Machine: Notes on Early SpatialComputingRanjodh Singh Dhaliwal308 Alternative Land-Use Map of a Simulated CityMatthew Allen 312 @home Mario Carpo318 Digital Pantheisms: A Conversation About Computational Agencies across Art and DesignMadeline Gannon, Andrew Heumann, Dana Cupkova, and Golan Levin moderated by FeleciaDavis332 Feminist Embodiments of Interactivity: A Conversation with Elizabeth Vander ZaagModerated by Gabriela Aceves Sepúlveda350 Machine Misbehavior and Ethical Interfaces: A Conversation with Rachel Strickland and PaulPangaroModerated by Daniel Cardoso Llach