The Visual Language of Technique : Volume 1 - History and Epistemology

The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Dealing with the Image Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are traditionally involved in the use of the Image as a specialized language supporting their work, their research activities and their educational tasks. The book will also include the essays of invited or interviewed authors from other disciplines, namely Philosophy, Mathematics and Semiotics. According to Regis Debray, in the present "Visual Age", which he has significantly defined as a "Video-Sphere", all the information tends to be processed and controlled by means of visual devices. This occurs especially in the various branches of many technical studies and activities, one of the most sensitive areas to the use of Visual Language in the past and even more in the present. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Dealing with the Image. Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges....Pages 3-4 Colloquium with Ruggero Eugeni....Pages 5-10 The Visual Language of Technique Between Science and Art....Pages 11-30 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 Landscape as a Device....Pages 33-39 Geometry—Daughter of Art, Mother of Mathematics....Pages 41-57 Images and Icons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics....Pages 59-70 Descriptive Geometry—Vision Guided Spatial Reasoning....Pages 71-84 Talking About Space. Searching the Image....Pages 85-107 Two Imperial Compounds in Ethiopia: Survey and Restoration....Pages 109-124 How to Precisely Measure Astronomic Periods of Time by Means of Stone Age Geometry....Pages 125-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Drawing... «Ut Signa Temporis»....Pages 141-145 Visual Language in Physics Research....Pages 147-150 Physics Research as a Project Process. Aesthetics in Science, Representation and Technology, Design Concepts from New Physics. A Visual Report from LHC—CERN....Pages 151-154 The Use of the Image in the Study of the State of Conservation of Historical Structures....Pages 155-158 BIMM-Based Visual Language of Construction....Pages 159-162 Mapping Environmental Quality: Making the Invisible Visible....Pages 163-166 Re-Presenting Experience: Perceptual Simulation for Urban Design....Pages 167-170 Back Matter....Pages 171-182 The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano (May 2013). "Dealing with the Image. Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are traditionally involved in the use of the Image as a specialized language supporting their work, their research activities, and their educational tasks. The volume also includes essays and contributions of invited or interviewed authors from other disciplines, namely Philosophy, Mathematics and Semiotics, together with articles from the poster session and a report from the round table.℗lAccording to Regis Debray, in the present "Visual Age", which he has significantly defined as a "Video-Sphere", all the information tends to be processed and controlled by means of visual devices. This occurs especially in the various branches of many technical studies and activities, one of the most sensitive areas to the use of Visual Language in the past and even more in the present. The volume includes an interview with the semiologist Ruggero Eugeni The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano (May 2013). "Dealing with the Image. Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are traditionally involved in the use of the Image as a specialized language supporting their work, their research activities, and their educational tasks. The volume also includes essays and contributions of invited or interviewed authors from other disciplines, namely Philosophy, Mathematics and Semiotics, together with articles from the poster session and a report from the round table. According to Regis Debray, in the present "Visual Age", which he has significantly defined as a "Video-Sphere", all the information tends to be processed and controlled by means of visual devices. This occurs especially in the various branches of many technical studies and activities, one of the most sensitive areas to the use of Visual Language in the past and even more in the present. The volume includes an interview with the semiologist Ruggero Eugeni