Strange Eclecticism : Alien, Messy and Discrete

The Alien, the Messy and the Discrete will be identified as intrinsic properties of the recent shift in architectural theory from the field back to the object. What are the fundamental relationships between heterogeneity, computation and object-oriented thinking? In contrast to the biological paradigm which views architecture as an organic whole, this lecture will propose architecture as a high-resolution assemblage of discrete objects, giving rise to extreme heterogeneity and information-density.