A Tractatus. Books 7-10

Ludger Hovestadt

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Books VII-X.

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Publisher:: Ludger Hovestadt, Vera Bühlmann
Publisher:: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, 06/2026
Binding:: Gebunden
Language:: Englisch
ISBN-13:: 9783035626049
Item number:: 10910174
Volume:: 256 Pages
other:: 66 b/w illustrations
Release date:: 15.6.2026
Series:: Applied Virtuality Book Series - volume 21
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Blurb

Treatise on digital architecture

Hovestadt's treatise strictly follows the model of the famous treatises by Vitruvius (De architectura ) and Alberti (De re aedificatoria), based on the supposition that we find ourselves in a comparable situation today. Vitruvius and Alberti expressed the meaning of architecture in their eras: Roman antiquity and the Renaissance. Hovestadt has done the same for the present day, incorporating considerations of physics, mathematics, technology, literature, and philosophy.

Books 1 to 3 deal with the role of the architect and the objectivity of architecture.

Books 4 to 6 address the modalities of speaking about and encoding architecture: the secret, the public, and the private.

Books 7 to 10 are dedicated to actual digital mechanisms: artificial intelligence, natural communication, gnomonics, and cultural heritage.

An architectural treatise for our age in 10 books
Inspired by the works of Vitruvius and Alberti
Published in three volumes in the Applied Virtuality series

Biography (Ludger Hovestadt)

Professor Ludger Hovestadt directs the Institute for Computer-Aided Architectural Design at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich).

Biography (Ludger Hovestadt)

Professor Ludger Hovestadt directs the Institute for Computer-Aided Architectural Design at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich).