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 ou woot ec bt Yulee wine me do. tan srr copy fr 1998 Ragin Wane Oyen 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 Allentransposition “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 els wih red Br the whe these way i fre et" scrdng uni enentons. aber {heim loop ar anpone mow pty pat ea de ‘coe nel te pail by esa pets at are ‘hp prise. andameompte The personal racer of the wampeton sf aeton a rom he mbiguo, pe ‘ona pts of eon and aeons wh de wey Instn ite guys, nd heen hg in hse HT ihr gn" ‘Bene eqs tht sens ax chads o deans 5 pees Te hing to do wi me ce thy ct wane Ine" daa eget iarumenalty 0 the a of rang and epoetaion nd noe vers "Rebs iether cw of ange cn be we ie woe words Ie tinge"? Sino Ze prods snoher apie: "Ramenber 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. s7Uchemnaires7he 2emersoumnaise-s7 he oma7 ys 4F2-7oNRnENREEAnE DIAGRAM ARCMITEGTURE ‘The erm dig erect come Tyo to HE ere abot ‘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 “These ops arelacare place ln ur oct wool Inet bse on el wld expen on her per ihn the amon of puede we ecg 2 Sellen the ler tom ereconmonpice his that 23.17 i i Allen23.18 index are become the ale rhe When jou op hin ‘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materiality performs ench Information, which ould quill exkaus Tel The arte vera ofthe dso blk (pho Sted bya strc expesaon tat has le wo do wath he beta sacking of cssooms whi) exablhest6ng formal tenons the ered, ameveced pay dees, whgh are them telec + staning and Sighy donating dis acement of th orizoal round plane Tit formal esi cml tly ae she ‘nba series of clei clement, the ‘valk at, and plore weave through so sound de bling pars. These Iltiple routes and mexpetd conpdons lace throgh + generic encod dg Aircel decks and verge aroons) Proce complex performative fess. Une Te Corbusier Meys iinet he i (Cemlanic, soc, teclinal) o€ Mhese ‘Mle The place round ple braced back oth bling by eg eable tr dow tel fon sb tons th anal ecology or memories ofthe garden HOF mo ane whole [ele les traning he ei eiesthe force ofthe abate machine a deployed here 618 Zier: precne problems with pccixe soltons. we ia faning fd smong the pase ~ dsjotnedoess dat bee, ‘he lenin play ed lsc hs inion with changing eternal forces This reading, fit aborted tm the Ite 19806 amd en 1990 worked sna the gra ofthe Dorin /decomsrvc thin theory dominat a Date, which wught to rence ceca within a barat log of dncourt and represent ‘Offering «my ont of the fae ppontion of the smote {othe mae Hy esis ake matealisa i Meyer chico Bot he fence otra beeen erie fhe reorery typical of oer xis of deemsrctan Instead, i dP cran apt ofthe Dean program odoveribe potent Socal and pot elles sealing from the despion and Fencwal of perception in Meyers ancien: eer) mate, Sn emphasis she terngeneons oper thigs a “heels neal space and veal ume and ince pla sen ss serps in the owe corms laren tte hy of lng prs ot ln inthe contractions, te di onthe gape se ences, all of which expldes the ‘ceived cl teanngs of thng® Hence the aa force of Hye renin eet that be mri he eee ot tects orgie (8 for expe, the arectre of louis ah, eta a phys ray that Wal enrey perme ied al he ssa and aban of 200 eur was ‘ifs cay ht raleady diagrammatic By colle ema id the astra nh wn he ets acter betwee the eal and the vita, capable fervent, ye filly omit reser pagan fo gain Inaction example from » osc eae of + aagram architecture not 30 sch eae te preset by means of ference to the past sist agg te werkings othe dagram belong prop ‘aly so acter’ tory alts own derstanding of se 1. yl na be iio sa tro gah Tha ang been ‘ai, the a Tre ofthe diagram bongs hs ent Fs after-theory and she pully 200-8 lemma of onlin rea iy tht fil ncresngly characte by thesia 4 the incomplete, by faba, dead ends, indlfrence, st dnceraimy {A Eller conde “The elementary, unaoiibe evoT EXHAUSTION ican encounter with he it of media") ‘tend oe al to vand oe fide of hires oof rt hel out fr sme imposite ion of eoherencs. ied acco athlete's pce Ie ths faved realy nox cya, Inggmich 3 these contingent hagas, of mater ca se tind gasped DIAGRAMS ~ INTERACTIVE INSTRUMENTS IN OPERATION Arcee slates ts cones, deg decom, an proces sos exci by rcs of 3 posterior ani ‘Son The cups ce of yg argument wl dom tts contrary ete, oth ests ited fie pce eerie eae Saleem ‘ih prec fr the mot pate ane eat ale at ‘wn ner sou fore of dering the ion of he et wali of our poet ad ha resin hel spe lee, The dependence of srl on Beg sled for woxk, ‘oud pot be understeer ol ele or akon ae taigetg eRe? tee ont ell to this dependence Since schiecre ~ 3 let he ope frown 8 bighlyinstaonaee, pert proces wich hens mest rnd technical cont ll tak pt Fite wd gh ale rs erste ga sible parses ath proces bl condton themselves thin doo ‘yh wl pera other tat Lege ovement cane alpen other The festating rel ot there ead any al acetal thor 16 be found, depts the every of practices at work coda, abd despite 3 igelyepanded soa of achiral publications “Thee conyaftereoy The peste of atomay such tht areca ory scaled towards momen of compel lop 3 wich tos of loan, rogan outng, consti, and anything fle hat playa role in the oration ofa design are directed toward tbe Wiemphan consi tht the poralr dees snder dcaion I the ony objec justia one, The demand pesn he "gh coon, een when the contents ofthat emery ae become very acer, propigates tee tural chins of bjetiity ad aon ke «doo san pring ce rade gf eh ope ep ay ‘Mock te ew of a wet 23.19 van Berkel & Bos