23.16
stealth diagrams
DIAGRAMS MATTER
sana
A act machine ia oe a phe ot corporeal: sty
‘more thant emo ranma Ie ope by
ent by atte actin maby fo Pe
‘Pema or bari machine des or eto represen,
se smehing el bat ther constracs ra hat ye 10
ws eed Gea, Ah (41-42)
Aldough Alps cm ser a explatory fcton, dang
form secteur prgers Co the designer ad o ee, ad
SEs progenies, the pimary wy of
the gam fam abet mcs of kg abou neti
The varie nan ongutaona dag clade ot Bal
and programmatic coguraion. Gch and eet, face at
rebine, deny, darbtion, na deen. lan teeta
ontent ergnization implies bth progam nd ts dttion
in spee. bypassing conventional dichotomies of Fanci vers
fon oe form versus coment Multiple ncn and action ove
tie a impli in he dng. Th congurns it eeops
ae momentary citer of materi pace, et 4 conta
Imoifenton A lage s therefore ot ating sl at 3
Akscripon of pot ambi among elements, nt only
sm abut el ofthe way hogs Helen te orl ut
‘mapa posi wok,
Dale cia theories based on nian, iagrams do nt
map or represent arn esting object or sates ba nie
pate mew organizations an specify yt tobe elzed reson
Ships The diagram is nt simply a reduction fom an existing
tds ts esbecion i nsremetl camel cE Co
teat not embedde or embodied bu outlined and ouipled
Simplcd and highly graphs, diagrams suppor malipe
‘merpretaone Diagrams are no chem, ps, oma pa
‘ig. on eter regulating dees, ot simpy pier hoe
‘estractions fraction, on contingest description of possible
oral configurations They work a tract chins sa do
eee what hey price
STEALTH DIAGRAMS
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1BAs announcement fits on invleappesting pes
vay ou ofthe nage saturate Fel ofthe Ole Bread
fas sendy a eros signal. Curious, beau a complex grime
power an i abe avai workings,
‘ut n pb. To point out that power no loner ree xa
tively nthe rain of the vl i of eotran wo anger news
What does seam mew here tthe forthright manner of he
sversing strategy, whic laces public vale the ig
tie chiracter of inermation technologie The suggestion ere
Istho haere nclding lof te weighty pprats of he
nuloatona comprar could be raft diatoed to
Invisible oes fermion an id meal Fo ac
‘egg nl belongs o appearance onge etrey
to presence), this posit rigger: profound wneasins. Ata
transcoding
time when the dynam af mages and informaion dom
nae avery i, the adkionalssacion of severe
With permanence and durbilty has become spect. Some
practioner hve proposed etre, ogpeting eat reite
‘re mast once aga define elf s stable and grounded in
const wo the Duty of aformation. Others hae proposed
ha architecture solidity could (shoud) be dined to
thetesrams of afrmaton
“Tie sm my we. ise emma triggered by 3 dimin-
ised ~ oe missueed ~ conception of architectures each
she fone of the thing challenged by new mea ecologies
te wchncure's enteral presses, I ls simply raconary Co
ress archer mater condison. On the other hand,
‘he more “rade” rateies (which have consisted, alter
Ueto cepreseming new technologies in meuphorial
tem, or ling okies image onto 3 comerionzl
archuscturt safe) have been no more productive. The
‘emergence of new informaan-baed technologies has pro
‘ohed an understandable deste fora lighter ad moe respon
sve areocur The pracc of arehiectar tos reared
by performative effects as much as by its dale presence
Hemust negotiate a felé tm which the ata] and the vit)
ime Ger ato couples coaipntionr u Be Dhghich
gms tng
7 dagrammatc patice bey seth the ssonpion dha
stop oppose the materia fudge eynateray
‘Farman ignore actu ee ch tory 223
techque for actalang the wir, Architect i already
Implied in 2 amber of med and he ache out of
ecu constady moving from one medion 10 anther,
transcoding fom lt el de Yer T mor From
‘raving or wring to bung (ond back asi) 6 only one
‘example ofthis, achitectte' cons rnscions with 4nd
‘ctuations of recite rit wees we
perhap mor sgmieane tony, artes hs epojed
2 ite exalngue techniques to nego the ae nd
‘wal einiques. of projection. calculation, oF notion, for
‘ramp eset pra, catlogue his Been incremen
tall eps by she appropriation of techniques fom fn
‘ideo of performance, dy the sation and vsltion
apace of the computer Nevertles, the oneepl pps
‘us of conversion (wanseodng, cealason, or eansposton as
‘roped belo) sf unexamined
‘A dagranmac rai, om the otter Hand, oats sl
‘been the cl the itil oer etre
twaraconal cari. works in the mit of echt
acti, ad i on era
‘egatitons of acto and visual A dapat pacice Is
rele neierent 10 the specifies of nial med Ie
Dltlges neither the dorbiity of archtcrre’s materia
fe tor the Mud of it formations fla. nasmch a
4 dock mot fantom orally sanctioned definkions of
axelectreydicpinry iter 5, i plc, open
{oformation fom schtetoe's outside tnemuch 41 cep
‘a about the promise of ew technologies, versa fee
{ake fll advantage of archiecterettiiona techniques to
Cnpanize mate and space diagrammatic ee gerade
heron fave character ofthe dag diet oto he
field of consieucuon sal enpendeing an archicectre of
‘minimal menus and masa ees. You won’ se Ws, but yOu
conan interface with or
Allentransposition
“TRANSPOSITIONS: TRANSACTIONS
[WITH ARCHITECTURE'S OUTSIOE
A dag sa papi assemblage Ua species ration
ships between atv od form, opgizing the aeuctare and
Asribation of Fanctions As sob, dlgras are architecture's
Tent mcane so engage the complenty of the rea. The gram
des no pin oad aciectur' terol history asa dis
bine, bat athe ser oar signaling ponte relations of
Inner and information, Bt singe tang can enter ace
tre witout having bee ist eomver into graph om. the
tcaul mechanism of graphle conversion fe Fandanenta The
‘gram maybe he chanel dough wie any comm
tion with srehitecane® outside ane te, bt the Now of
information along thew ehanels wall ever be sooth and
flies. Therese ofeach median —in the Mea, phys
1 sense ~ ned ob ae Into accoustic nd nerf
nce are never ent nis ard the formulation of media
theorist Freie Kite are pally ngs ° oe
tm ca medio a meds,” writes Kier, "derefore Wan
no be ame” Aguint the enable igus overtones of
‘tans thas bas pila ean ote fanction
ing of the digas
cone es tponon nec be the
hc of alaton, Where raion ecu al p=
Ma for gna eal, the rmpoton of medi
i mcomplibed sry ei pote, Beate the
center of eet ules f soction are aly
(Set teller emotions 10 # dee a 3
tmunplaion can appeal to nating wave and mint
nope of wanpesion, comers rm one sign stem
to ae ar pefmet mec on de Bac of ropa
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the wampeton sf aeton a rom he mbiguo, pe
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the a of rang and epoetaion nd noe vers "Rebs
iether cw of ange cn be we ie woe words
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Arstoners famous inert of the dream of Azar of
NNacelor, eponed by Aemiana?Aeaner"d scoure Tye
nds teeing it ht wae nen and dstred bss of
the bagi tine he see ws king Atende drew he 2
‘sy ning bid Atander happened oben the ih
Trtbod of ey ding th word nose ale
‘cured the Ling to pres ome the segs ht he became the
Ione he iy xeon eran ae quae uneresed in
the pose “ymblic ang’ of dsncng ye (dea ste?
Foy) ead ie Kc the wont 08 det us
‘ann te mesa ofthe dam: rhe yeti” ease
diagram architecture
pein she meta ofnerprttion hee doe a cost
sof sync uals (ld = mF =
‘deste en, Ariane bs permed a mati peaton
(Gating. spain) on the acl Rui sel fe dem The
‘esr aml heseme cena cif he ay of 0
{Guive menting Potenza tae operons anos be per
feemedn atom no oven, wtereme cle ony
the ll and pci outlies of mnipltion Ia th sense
words ave made wo fie He chet ater han archecae
teing maeo bei doecare.
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‘he work of aay Sf, bre page she force of ene
Ascent His enique ofthe stumnpons andeyng come
‘oma sg process worth cg eng
Mos aches hs soma peste comers
agro eor which eis hows lide ction
by the asmary paing mao, fy thi ve
penton the stele weight of preconcred Meat
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23.17
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‘South the fit hat noe al erecta semen om
the confine of hte to antagonist. comply oppose
ate vitally oes, alo iri to
“he achineconrentonl ments of withing ~ the “ote
tomary pinning method” that to describes canbe eased
cording othe wel Anown categories of sign tabled by
(CS. Puce atthe bupaning of this century. Pans and ela
dons Fanconi eons (ceo wo smd), we the
‘ottons hat acompany them ae symbols (ed ante le
ff convention. In cen practice, the comer of thee ha
‘been brought Int play a4 mean of eocoding information
aout the se oF history ("ke Force”) deg procs
‘ved operations of tacny or peometie transformation (on
‘ty. Inerpretaion a rasa figure desply 8 all of
these procures. By const, the move away fom wanslion
{o 2 digrammate practice bsed on tanspostion, andthe
renting bypan of the snterpretvetechani, 5 comnstent
‘with Belews and Gana’ description of the fnctionng of
the diagram, which abo evades conventional vemioe ee
ores: "Digg st be distinguished rm as, which ae
‘evr sig bt ale rm ie, whch peti eter
lianon, se fom ms, whick peri to redaive or negative
‘eterroritton "A dara areca dos jy el
‘on the bof ee cet, but by bly to aii
ies and scene igre fancon thous mater
reltonshie, ne miter conten elaonehip, Tey ar 65)
from quesions of meaning and inerpretion. and reser
faction a lepitiate problem, yathout the dogmas of fe
‘lost, The sit from tension to rmpetion das ot
6 much faction to shut down mening 2 wo ellos the
proces of nerpeetaton, Meaning s located onthe surice of
{hing and inthe materia of enue Wha issn dpe
is gine in immediacy. Diagram acitecar looks for fleets
the alice, bt y pring alas on nf, new of
ipicfes crewed.
“The diagram aehtetre described by Ho seal oth of |
the sil imtnaions of aechiecure and of exaggerated
slog of penal expresion
faa mages tm arelerte tn
which the proces of conversion i
sniniaized consequent whee
ture’ eradional ie to anor
ite matcral (he las vexige of
rehtectre'scometon #0 mage
fd alchemy) 6 undermined a5
well No complex mysteries 16
rtmge, so ben memes 1
tramdite, no claboratewansfor
ional pros wo decode. On the
this ofthis ad eter examples,
sigh be pone ident di
framate soley, cxmptied
4 contemporary architecture by
{among otbes) the work of OMA,
1, Sejm, or MURDY This woul
os a cliectore hat take ple
abstract machine
sre i the immediacy ad drsnes of pocede hat en
Sort-reut conventional desig seers. tan aehiteture
that Fanly and openly dls ts constans ad cone:
able with he nitations imposed by fore of rks econo,
tecs, orth shifing fk of the contemporary city The sone
Pest of thee real world conan i either held at ane
Teng no ely inorpored, bt reformed sachet
mae duough the vehi of he digas is a aehitecure
‘har eae igh, leaving the heaey tf Behind A oe lee,
xing ore (oles) aed fo the dagen dan hs: 2
lagram archive part of ew seas character
bys dsineres in the aed projects of ertique othe produ
tho of meaning. preferring instead immedicy ym, nd
the pleasures afte el
‘diagram architecture i noc aecesuly am aechesre po
uced dough diagrams although dapass figure athe work
ofthe archicctssentoned he ies tht the work proce
furs of he arehitet imprint esses om the eed ul
Ing is foretgn tothe loge of the eagrim. tad, «gram
architect san areiecte that ee ike a dna in
frat the spc met ig eli sp ache
tare hat eta lowe of progam ane frm, deed
Fea within which noiplacttes wf chenaeed bat ot
onsaned by the architectural envelope. ican ecieei of
‘masa peormtve eles with ansinal achiral
‘means, caraceraed times by indfrece QMVRDY) ant
tues by exqusterestaim (Sina), Da avays by deerende
fom he ut of author othe persona ree of the age.
am mgt put f free mtacing x eneloy ofc
temporary ogra acter, Michel Hays deeiption
ff Hannes Meyer’ fees project a an abstract machine
‘Working fom th 1927 presentation of Meyer’ pect aa sin
lege lyout dominated by diagrams and calelaons, Haye
ots that the Foran subsance ofthe depicted bling
only one component of the rou architect appaats tht
iecledes these degre” Ta this ey, bes ale to extccall
Meyer from the comentons of Fanctonait logic. tne of
cel the indus building athe esl of pene cel
tons he application of sina morn), Hap nugget
Is ome to ce the Rca a5 only ce Of many posible
Instances of the dagrams presented, part ofa lager machine
fer the potucton of deled ees of ight, ccespaton
sensour experince" The abuse machine x work bere a
sablag of soil ad echnl frees that are ated
‘muluple forms by multiple agents, amon dhum he specie
tnntance of Meyers oj the alized proj tse ess
tn ram mould coupe wth oer to act te fe of the
aig aco beep cin lay over ine As Ops a Fane
ona logic that would describe a Bae st of ations to be
completed thins Raed echtecturl elope (ed ego
Iecence if those fneions change) he noon ofan abstal
njhine ses ch bldg compen. nigra
Te hat can be recital ating to the progres
sfrrsageran ofthe oth fsftomeans inh socal echo
alarbanisiemachine
Ta foncdonas decor, any formal elborton that
the accounted for by programmatic o echnical eter is a0
tombureasment By conan Has’ ean. he pete for
‘mal characer ofthe bulge ey os anconing Teste,
lina barca of the ahtecre kel eter akin of dre
dwell eharply defined ground for ple aie