Negroponte, Nicholas — The Architecture Machine: Toward a More Human Environment.

jpg Cambridge,, MIT Press, Orig. Softcover, square quarto, 153 pp.Bl/wh ills.: plans, and drawings.First editon, second printing 1972. Summary: Introduction. Humanism through intelligent machines. Architect-Machine Symbiosis. Prelude to an Architect-Machine Dialogue; Natural and Not-so-Natural Computer Graphics; Computer-Aided versus Computerized; Adaptable Machines, Sensory Machines, and Parent Machines Aspects of Design Procedures. From Perspectives to Holography; Generation of Solutions; Simulation of Events; Bits of Design Information; Machines in Residence Aspects of Design Processes. Sequential and Temporal Events; The Geometry of Qualities; About Unsolicited Notes and Comments; Games: Local Moves and Global Goals.URBAN5's Abstractions; Modes; Handling Qualities; Consistency Mechanisms; Background Activities; The Ubiquitous Monitor; Inklings of Evolution and Adaptability Toward the Evolution of Architecture Machines. URBAN5: A Postmortem; Languages for Architecture Machines; Interfaces for Architecture Machines; Architecture Machines Learning Architecture Epilogue. Robot Architects. Bibliography. Condition: near fine.