Computational Drawing: From Foundational Exercises to Theories

Computational Drawing: From Foundational Exercises to Theories of Representation

This book explores computation, specifically the craft of writing computer code, as a medium for drawing. Exercises, essays, algorithms, diagrams, and drawings are woven together to offer instruction, insight, and theories that are valuable to practicing architects, artists, and scholars. This book can serve as a primer for those new to programming or motivation and context for those with experience.

â€œComputingâ€ and â€œdrawingâ€ are both deeply historical and loaded terms. Although digital media is often positioned in opposition to the â€œmanualâ€ act of drawing, the broader territory of â€œcomputingâ€ includes matters of language, rules, procedures, and orders that are very much compatible with the presence of ink on paper. Indeed, the nature of drawingâ€•a temporal medium governed by marks that can be precisely defined, but not easily editedâ€•provides welcome structure for computational methods.
Country USA
Brand Applied Research & Design
Manufacturer Applied Research & Design
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-06-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781940743264

Computational Drawing: From Foundational Exercises to Theories of Representation