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A Manifesto for an Architecture of Information INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE RENEWAL OF ARCHITECTURE By Antonino Sagio  The word "substance" comes from Edoardo Persico, he said: "For a century, the history of art in Europe has not merely been a series of particular actions and reactions but a movement of collective consciousness. Recognizing this means discovering the contribution of current architecture. 'The substance of things hoped for'". In Persico, Pagano, Terragni, Venturi, Argan and Giolli, there was a leaning toward "substances" that had to do with the simplification and standardization of industrial processes; the answers to issues regarding public housing projects, services, urban planning; the search for an abstract elementary, hygienic esthetic. There was, in that "substance of things hoped for", the striving toward modernity, toward the transformation of world crises into esthetic and ethical values at a tempo tha

Grasshopper Exercise I

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Grasshopper Exercise. THE SHELL  ` THE PROCESS OF THE SHAPE GENERATION. FINAL SHAPE 
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Project : Envisioning the Future of Turku's center. Project Website :https://www.turku.fi/en/vision2050 References : https://www.lunden.co/project/envisioning-the-future-of-turkus-centre/                      https://www.markkuwilenius.fi/blogit/2017/9/13/envisioning-the-future-of-a-city Project Description : Turku 2050 is an ambitious vision for the centre of Turku, Finland’s largest western city, conceived by Lundén Architecture Company in collaboration with a multidisciplinary city-initiated vision group. The project aims to strengthen the attractiveness of the city centre as well as provide a concrete roadmap that will permanently improve the vitality, liveliness and comfort of the growing centre. The centre currently serves as the most important place for work, trade and culture. By building on Turku’s unique identity and strengths, Turku is on its way to becoming a world-class global city. The vision takes a human-centered approach to