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Call for papers Revista de Arquitectura N.º 47. 

Ways of looking at architectural sustainability + FREE THEME

 

Deadline for receipt of articles:  September 10, 2024

Guidelines for authors: https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/about/submissions

Digital technologies in contemporary architecture and the illusion of objectivity in the design process

Authors

  • Diego Rossel Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
  • Mauricio Loyola Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Abstract

This article attempts to expose the contradictions between the rationalist arguments and formal arbitrariness observed today in the use of digital technologies in contemporary architecture. At the same time, it seeks to recognize the value of the subjective, arbitrary and not-quantifiable aspects in design decision-making.

Keywords:

Digital technologies, Subjectivity, Arbitrarness, Ornament