{"title":"Antoine Picon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntoine Picon\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intersection of architecture, technology, and urbanism with a scholarly yet accessible approach. His works delve into the evolving dynamics of the built environment, inviting readers to reconsider how cities and structures are understood and experienced in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the nuances of architectural authorship to innovative perspectives on urban sensing, Picon's books offer rich insights into contemporary arts and culture. These titles appeal to readers interested in the theoretical and practical dimensions of architecture and design.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"atlas-of-the-senseable-city-by-antoine-picon-9780300247510","title":"Atlas of the Senseable City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAtlas of the Senseable City\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating exploration of how the growth of digital mapping, spurred by sensing technologies, is affecting cities and daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat have smart technologies taught us about cities? What lessons can we learn from today’s urbanites to make better places to live? Antoine Picon and Carlo Ratti argue that the answers are in the maps we make. For centuries, we have relied on maps to navigate the enormity of the city. Now, as the physical world combines with the digital world, we need a new generation of maps to navigate the city of tomorrow. Pervasive sensors allow anyone to visualise cities in entirely new ways—ebbs and flows of pollution, traffic, and internet connectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how the growth of digital mapping, spurred by sensing technologies, is affecting cities and daily lives. 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As we revel in the death of the master architect, how do we come to terms with the shifting role of creativity in architecture's cultural production?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAuthorship\u003c\/em\u003e, a cross-disciplinary group of designers and scholars explores this topic through a myriad of lenses. Subjects include the impact of digital tools and computational scripts on the conception of buildings in the age of robotics, the current climate of appropriation and sampling as a counter-form of authorship, and the rise of reauthored materials in a postdigital age. These questions are cast against alternative ideas of authorship that, in turn, reposition the history of architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeatured essays investigate the separation between the personal and the authored while other contributions expose meaning, symbolism, and iconography as the subjects of authority—not authorship. 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