low fidelity

Erin Besler

low fidelity

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Abstract

A contemporary exhaustion with technological fidelity (Gow 2011) has identified an environment where control and precision are reduced to illusive promises in the game of materialization. The recent ascent of the homogenous copy, arguably brought on by the onslaught of digital tools, has collapsed the gap between the object and its representation, obliterating the productive tension and creative friction from architectural design methodologies. This work proposes to reopen the gap and locate new sites for architectural design by engaging in the translational discrepancies that occur through mediums of architectural representation, not as instances of dilemma but as opportunities to subdue tautology and augment the seductive latency of representation (Perez-Gomez and Pelletier 1997). In an attempt to negotiate the digital and physical, this work situates itself within the feedback loop between the translations of architectural ideas, representational strategies, material propensities, and back again. The discrepant becomes a dynamic catalyst through the engagement of participatory tools (Carpo IKKM 2011), interactions with matter, and processes of materialization.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
Editors	Mark Cabrinha, Kyle Steinfeld, Jason Kelly Johnson
Publisher	ACADIA
Pages	149-153
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781624072673
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Synthetic Digital Ecologies, ACADIA 2012 - San Francisco, United States Duration: Oct 18 2012 → Oct 21 2012

Publication series

Name	ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
Volume	2012-October

Conference

Conference	32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Synthetic Digital Ecologies, ACADIA 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	10/18/12 → 10/21/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Hardware and Architecture

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Besler, E. (2012). low fidelity. In M. Cabrinha, K. Steinfeld, & J. K. Johnson (Eds.), ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (pp. 149-153). (ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture; Vol. 2012-October). ACADIA.

Besler, Erin. / low fidelity. ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. editor / Mark Cabrinha ; Kyle Steinfeld ; Jason Kelly Johnson. ACADIA, 2012. pp. 149-153 (ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture).

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Besler, E 2012, low fidelity. in M Cabrinha, K Steinfeld & JK Johnson (eds), ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. ACADIA 2012 - Synthetic Digital Ecologies: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, vol. 2012-October, ACADIA, pp. 149-153, 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Synthetic Digital Ecologies, ACADIA 2012, San Francisco, United States, 10/18/12.

low fidelity. / Besler, Erin.
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