Becoming Architectural: Affirmative Critique, Creative Incompletion

When Greg Lynn embraced digital animation software in the 1990s, he not only redefined architectural production, but also the designer's relationship to the generative process. In this extract from an unpublished essay written in 2000, the philosopher Brian Massumi describes Lynn's ‘in‐fol...

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Published in:Architectural design 2013-01, Vol.83 (1), p.50-55
Main Author: Massumi, Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
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AD Folding in Architecture
Artists Space Installation Design
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Greg Lynn (ed)
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Summary:When Greg Lynn embraced digital animation software in the 1990s, he not only redefined architectural production, but also the designer's relationship to the generative process. In this extract from an unpublished essay written in 2000, the philosopher Brian Massumi describes Lynn's ‘in‐folding’ open‐ended approach, which renders the design process ‘less an external conduit for the artist's creativity’ than the artist ‘a conduit for creativity of the design process’.
ISSN:0003-8504
1554-2769
DOI:10.1002/ad.1524