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Somasco, Andrés Luciano

This project critically examines the foundation of virtual space in architecture connecting it to colonial methods of mapping and spatial abstraction. It extrapolates from these findings to define how this foundation affects the architectural design process by an investigation into contemporary design tools, tracing the transition from analog, orthographic drawing practices to the telemetry-based workflows of the digital era. Drawing on John May’s assertion that architecture today is shaped by digital elements rather than mechanical gestures, the project explores how digital tools have redefined both architectural representation and the profession’s relationship to material reality. The work confronts the alienation fostered by computational design and advocates for an architecture that embraces complexity, information richness, and the emotional dimensions of space. Rooted in the critiques of Fernando Lara and Elizabeth Grosz, the project urges a reexamination of the philosophical foundations of digital space, challenging architecture to develop tools and practices that foreground relationality, community, and lived experience.

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University of British Columbia. ARCH 549

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0448806

Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of

Unreviewed

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