CODE BETWEEN OPERATION AND NARRATIONThe process of coding is a systematic experimentation with signs,
symbols, and the construction of larger cultural meanings. The fourth
volume in the series Kontext Architektur examines the
architectural-historical and -theoretical relevance of the concept of
""code"" from various perspectives. The authors and editors start from
the premise that this concept makes for new ways of translating
architecture into language. Thus, the dominance of computer simulation
makes it clear that the building is no longer merely a vehicle for
signs, but literally also their product. The code has penetrated, as it
were, from the exterior of the building into its interior, into its
structure. We are dealing with both a socio-cultural as well as with a
mathematical and formal notion of code. The goal of this book is thus to
arrive at a critical grasp of the contours of this vibrant conceptual
tension between the cultural and the formal, the ""outside"" and the
""inside,"" while also formulating questions for further exploration
that are relevant for architecture.
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