Parametrization as mediation, or man and his fate

Authors

  • Ruy Sardinha Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Marcelo Tramontano Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

To discuss the concept of parametrization, we received the philosopher Ruy Sardinha Lopes for a conversation with Marcelo Tramontano, the V!RUS journal editor-in-chief. The interview Parametrization as mediation, or man and his fate offers a historical perspective from ancient Greece to the present day, showing the movements of human thought facing the dilemma between control and chance, and the parameterization as perhaps an eternal human quest for mathematizing nature and the world to intervene in it.

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Author Biographies

Ruy Sardinha, Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

He is a Philosopher and Doctor in Philosophy, professor and researcher at the Institute of Architecture an Urbanism IAU-USP, of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he directs the Center for Studies of Contemporary Spaces (NEC). He studies contemporary world spatial transformations considering relations between architecture, art, city and society.

Marcelo Tramontano, Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

He is an Architect and Associate Professor in Architecture and Urbanism. He teaches and is a researcher at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism (IAU-USP) of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He directs the Nomads.usp, Center for Interactive Living Studies, publisher of V!RUS journal.

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Published

2015-12-10

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 11 (2015): V!11 It's Parametrization, Baby!

Section

Entrevista