Abstract
Is the term ‘ornament’ set to become redundant in architecture? With the sinuous lines produced by CNC milling machines giving way to the ever more weirdly figural products of algorithmically controlled 3D printing, decoration is increasingly an integral part of form, rather than supplementary to it. Mario Carpo – Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural Theory and History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London – investigates this voxellisation, and how it drives architecture beyond human comprehension.
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