D3.S1.Keynote Speaker

Chair: Pablo C Herrera, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

Keynote Conference
Otras Computaciones / Other Computations
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Session Language: ES (ESPAÑOL)
This presentation will be in Spanish and will have English translation

Resúmen. Las tecnologías del diseño han sido objeto de estudio por parte de un número creciente de investigadores que han examinado, por ejemplo, los diversos efectos que las herramientas digitales han tenido en el ámbito profesional de los arquitectos, los orígenes de estas tecnologías, sus implicaciones pedagógicas, así como su potencial tanto para el diseño creativo como para la eficiencia en materia administrativa. Sin embargo, el grueso de estos esfuerzos se ha concentrado en prácticas e instituciones del norte global, razón por la cual nuestra comprensión del papel de lo digital en la arquitectura está limitada por marcos históricos y teóricos que reflejan preocupaciones e intereses propios de estos lugares —principalmente de los Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido, y Europa. Esto hace que nuestra comprensión de lo digital cargue consigo supuestos que, si no se hacen explícitos, pueden obstruir importantes interrogantes y campos de análisis. ¿Cómo articular otros relatos sobre diseño y construcción computacional que no ubiquen a las regiones por fuera del norte global como simples receptores de la tecnología y la innovación? ¿Cómo desmantelar ese pasado conceptual que condena a regiones y pueblos enteros a ponerse al día perpetuamente con un futuro aparentemente predeterminado? Esta charla explora estas preguntas mediante una serie de investigaciones recientes en el campo de las “otras computaciones.”

Palabras clave. Otras computaciones, Sur Global, Innovación, Cultura digital

Other Computations

Abstract. A growing body of architectural and design scholarship seeks to understand, for example, computational design methods’ manifold effects on the design professions, their historical origins, pedagogical implications, as well as their potentials for both creative design and managerial efficiency. However, the bulk of these efforts has focused on practices and institutions of the global North. As a result, our understanding of the role of digital technologies in architecture and design is framed by historical and theoretical armatures that closely reflect concerns, and interests, native to these locations —chiefly the United States, UK, and Europe— and thus carry with them assumptions that, when unchecked, can occlude important questions and domains of analysis. How might we articulate other accounts of digital design and construction that do not place regions outside of the global North on the receiving end of technology and innovation? How might we dismantle the conceptual past that condemns entire regions and peoples to perpetually catch up with a seemingly pre-determined future? This talk will explore these questions through a series of recent investigations in the field of “other computations.”

Keywords. Other Computations, Global South, Innovation, Digital Culture 

Daniel Cardoso Llach is Associate Professor of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, where he chairs the Master of Science in Computational Design and co-directs CodeLab. He is the author of publications, exhibitions, and artifacts exploring the nexus of design and computation through sociotechnical and historical lenses, including the book Builders of the Vision: Software and the Imagination of Design, and the forthcoming Designing the Computational Image, Imagining Computational Design, with Theodora Vardouli. Cardoso Llach’s work has been supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Google’s Artists + Machine Intelligence program, among others. He is also a 2021-22 Pennsylvania Manufacturing Fellow and founding co-editor of the Design, Technology, and Society Routledge book series. Daniel holds a Ph.D. and a MS (with honors) from MIT, and a B. Arch. from Universidad de los Andes at his native Bogotá.