ETHICO-AESTHETIC KNOW-HOW: THE ETHICAL DEPTHS OF PROCESSUAL ARCHITECTURE

Ednie-Brown, P

ETHICO-AESTHETIC KNOW-HOW: THE ETHICAL DEPTHS OF PROCESSUAL ARCHITECTURE

Ednie-Brown, P

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Issue Date:: 2007-10-04T23:27:13Z

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dc.contributor.author	Ednie-Brown, P
dc.date.accessioned	2007-10-04T23:27:13Z
dc.date.accessioned	2012-12-15T02:35:11Z
dc.date.available	2007-10-04T23:27:13Z
dc.date.available	2012-12-15T02:35:11Z
dc.date.issued	2007-10-04T23:27:13Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19684
dc.description.abstract	This paper argues for an ethics embedded in the largely digitally oriented field of research I refer to as ‘processual architecture’, in terms of Francisco Varela’s notion of ethical expertise. Processual architecture has been a prominent field of architectural research whose depth of value and substance has eluded many. After the last 15 years or so of digital experimentation, it is clear that digital technology in itself is not the primary issue, but simply part of an equation. The ethical implications of this equation, I argue, can be found through the affinity between Varela’s ethical expertise and an idea of the art of emergence. Emergence, a construct that describes a contemporary version of the laws of nature, has been used with increasing prominence in architecture in recent years.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/2100/469
dc.subject	aesthetics	en
dc.subject	emergence	en
dc.subject	architecture	en
dc.subject	ethics	en
dc.subject	digital	en
dc.title	ETHICO-AESTHETIC KNOW-HOW: THE ETHICAL DEPTHS OF PROCESSUAL ARCHITECTURE	en
dc.type	Article	en
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Abstract:

This paper argues for an ethics embedded in the largely digitally oriented field of research I refer to as ‘processual architecture’, in terms of Francisco Varela’s notion of ethical expertise. Processual architecture has been a prominent field of architectural research whose depth of value and substance has eluded many. After the last 15 years or so of digital experimentation, it is clear that digital technology in itself is not the primary issue, but simply part of an equation. The ethical implications of this equation, I argue, can be found through the affinity between Varela’s ethical expertise and an idea of the art of emergence. Emergence, a construct that describes a contemporary version of the laws of nature, has been used with increasing prominence in architecture in recent years.

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