"This theoretical and experimental approach proposes in the book the definition of a new architectural signifier, a "digital signifier". Summoning Derrida's economy of language, the author intends to reform the tools of architecture to develop "an architecture of architectures". In addition to the historical panorama, the work contributes to modeling the logical laws which, from Aristotle to Leibniz's Characteristica Universalis, determine the ontological conditions of the relationship between what appears and what one can know and what one can express. From then on, we understand the continual critical rapprochement between data and signifiers, and between information and representation.''
Alexis A. Meier, Phd, Professor. INSA Strasbourg
''This book approaches the culture, history, and future of computational architecture unlike no proceeding formulation of the theoretical basis of an architecture of information. Situating a range of recent technological disruptions, including the accelerating availability of Big Data, robotics and automation, and the increasing presence of artificial intelligence applications within the discipline of architecture, within a history of the discipline of architecture. In addition, this book articulates the disciplinary relation of architecture with respect to linguistics, philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and art. Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroas expertise and insights in this rapidly moving technological arena brings depth and significance to an understanding of computational technologies and their spatial representation.''
Tom Verebes, PhD, Professor, School of Architecture and Design, New York Institute of Technology Director, OCEAN CN
The book Digital Signifiers in an Architecture of Information by Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa proposes a new critical relationship between computation and architecture by constructing a history and theory of representation in architecture in order to comprehend and liberate potential means of fostering creativity in the field.
PA - Parametric Architecture Editorial Team, Books, October 25, 2023
He is interested in the aesthetic expression of architecture and the creation of a single computational language. [ ...] But, above all, he finds it essential to create his own, independent databases and new, consistent structures.
Esmeralda R. Vaquero, English translation of Spanish citation in DEBEMOS REDEFINIR QUÉ ES HABITABILIDAD, NO PODEMOS SEGUIR VIVIENDO COMO LO HACEMOS, Innovacion, Ethic Magazine, Sept 11, 2023
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, an expert architect in artificial intelligence, compares its emergence with the discovery of perspective in the Renaissance and warns of digital feudalism[ ..] The work, titled Digital Signifiers in an Architecture of Information, proposes a critical relationship between computation and architecture with the aim of developing new media and opening up creativity in the field.
Adrián G. Seoane, English translation of Spanish citation in Between Computation and Architecture, La Opinión A Coruna, 7 July, 2023
'Digital Signifiers in an Architecture of Information: From Big Data and Simulation to Artificial Intelligence represents an essential reading to understand the relationship between architecture and technology, highlighting its deeply problematic nature that must be faced with awareness. To reach this awareness it is important to reason in a transdisciplinary way, recognizing social biases and studying all the philosophical, historical, artistic, scientific and socio-cultural aspects that revolve both around computation and the contemporary idea of architectural space, undermining todays certainties and offering a new stratified point of view on what exists, how it can be represented and described.'
Giuseppe Fallacara, PhD, Professor, Politecnico di Bari, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
