On Digital Architecture in Ten Books

Treatise on digital architecture

Hovestadt’s treatise strictly follows the model of the famous treatises by Vitruvius ( De architectura ) and Alberti ( De re aedificatoria ), based on the supposition that we find ourselves in a comparable situation today. Vitruvius and Alberti expressed the meaning of architecture in their eras: Roman antiquity and the Renaissance. Hovestadt has done the same for the present day, incorporating considerations of physics, mathematics, technology, literature, and philosophy.

Books 1 to 3 deal with the role of the architect and the objectivity of architecture.

Books 4 to 6 address the modalities of speaking about and encoding architecture: the secret, the public, and the private.

Books 7 to 10 are dedicated to actual digital mechanisms: artificial intelligence, natural communication, gnomonics, and cultural heritage. 　

• An architectural treatise for our age in 10 books
• Inspired by the works of Vitruvius and Alberti
• Published in three volumes in the Applied Virtuality series