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Drawings & Numbers: Five Centuries of Digital Design

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States4.638
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2002English
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The aim of this course is to highlight some technical aspects of the classical tradition in architecture that have so far received only sporadic attention. It is well known that quantification has always been an essential component of classical design: proportional systems in particular have been keenly investigated. But the actual technical tools whereby quantitative precision was conceived, represented, transmitted, and implemented in pre-modern architecture remain mostly unexplored.

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