The seminar explores interrelations between the architecture of the university and forms of knowledge production. The emphasis is on the end of the 20th century, when digital infrastructures increasingly merged with the spatial constellation of the lecture hall, laboratory and library. We will discuss the discursive spaces that condition the reading, thinking and perception of knowledge.

This seminar explores the history of digitalization in architecture with a focus on 1990s architectural discourse. Using theoretical positions and case studies, the seminar will discuss the entanglement of conceptual, technological and practice-oriented approaches, and examine their significance for current practices.

Today, computational design increasingly relies on the processing and visualization of data: from processes of simulation, procedures of manufacturing to the optimization of complex building processes. Looking at the post-war period, this seminar critically discusses current approaches of data-based design, considering the political, social, and economic interests that conditioned the designs.