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comment on the book" Introduction to IT revolution in architecture, "prof. Antonino Saggio


The text is intended for an attentive reader to the issue of information in relation to the architecture, will not not easily understood by "insiders".
The book starts from the realization of a revolution that is taking place, which covers many fundamental aspects of human life ... the "information revolution". Specifically analyzes the evolution of architecture in this new era, studying for classes at different scales and leads to reflect on what will be its future.
Many were the starting points for personal reflection, which then became subjects of comparison with other colleagues, such as computers from one machine to the individual size, become an instrument to interact with others, has built homes and sometimes even became a "confidant", a "relative". (Some relate more easily with a PC and with other people).
It changed the way the first act and then think, space, time, communication and human life.
Of all the chapters, what has given me more interest is that of the "City", because it summarizes all the topics covered and it is the manifestation in reality.
This chapter reflects on the role of information in the new phase of research in architecture and urban planning. I find it very effective method with which it dealt with the issue, as is identification of a tension on the change and that gives rise to the crisis. Fundamental analysis is the opposition "in-between vs in-front" when they say that information technology can create "... buildings and interactive live reagents at varying flows and incentives and desires "and that" ... the big change between the industrial age and computer [...] is at the center no longer the type, standard series, the product, the zoning, but the individuality and openness to many, the inclusion of the assumptions and theories, differentiation, and the subjectivity of desires and projects. "
Assuming that I live in a neighborhood characterized by multirazialità as the Esquiline in Rome, the questions that I pose are: the individual is ready to live in an "integrated city"? The man is actually willing to integrate it without losing its identity? If you would create fertile ground to engage those parts of society who live passively this revolution, there is a risk to mark the contrast between these urban realities?