Tokyoids: The Robotic Face of Architecture Blanciak Francois
Tokyoids: The Robotic Face of Architecture Blanciak Francois A photographic survey of the robotic face of Tokyo buildings and an argument that robot aesthetics plays a central role in architectural…
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Tokyoids: The Robotic Face of Architecture Blanciak Francois
A photographic survey of the robotic face of Tokyo buildings and an argument that robot aesthetics plays a central role in architectural history.In Tokyoids, architect Franois Blanciak surveys the robotic faces omnipresent in Tokyo buildings, offering an architectural taxonomy based not on the usual variables--size, material, historical style--but on the observable expressions of buildings. Is that balcony a howl of distress? Are the eyes (windows) twinkling, the mouth (door) laughing?
Investigating robot aesthetics through his photographs of fifty buildings, Blanciak argues that the robot face originated in architecture--before the birth of robotics--and has played a central role in architectural history.Blanciak first puts the robot face into historical perspective, examining the importance of the face in architectural theory and demonstrating that the
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