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Arquitectura Viva 124 Banda Ancha · Broadband

Broadband. The constant increase of the speed and volume of information transmission, along with the establishment of the Web 2.0, have spawned a cultural mutation the consequences of which also have an influence on the ways of generating and understanding architecture. Three articles analyze the impact of that change of paradigm in the field: in the transition from individual to collective authorship, in the return to ornament as built expression free from the stigma of Loos, and in the publication and representation of works in the traditional printed media and on websites.

Digital Fervor. The progressive incorporation of digital tools both in the design and in the construction of buildings broadens possibilities and inspires new combinations. Six architectural offices resort to different technological applications to develop and materialize their projects: an organic idea is taken as starting point to digitally manufacture a grove of svelte columns for a work-shop in Atsuki and a structural scheme based on wood cells for a company cafeteria in Ditzingen; renderings become built objects taking the form of a broken volume to house an automobile museum in Stuttgart and of a mannerist staircase to contain a music center in Graz; and millions of pixels generate interactive facades in the colorist media center in Hilversum and in the revealing enclosure of the Copenhagen auditorium.