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A. Veloso    \ninternational journal of architectural computing issue 4, volume 12 379  \nCybernetic diagrams: design strategies for an open game  \nPedro L. A. Veloso  \nThis paper investigates the use of diagrams related to cybernetics and information theory in experimental design practices in the 1960s and 1970s.Those diagrams are investigated in light of Vilém Flusser’s concept of game, which mediates the modus operandiof computers and possible strategies for design based on distributed cognition.The research adopts the interpretative method to analyze the diagram proposed by cyberneticist Gordon Pask for Fun Palace, the diagrams produced by utopian architect Yona Friedman in the conceptual description of the Flatwriter program and Christopher Alexander’s diagrams for his theories of Synthesis of Form and Pattern Language. In the end, it establishes a brief parallel between current debates of computational design with the cybernetic diagrams, highlighting differences in their approach to complexity and design knowledge.  \n380  \n1. BETWEEN DIAGRAMS  \nIn the second half of the 20th century, there was a revision of the architectural knowledge based on the procedural aspect of the diagramsand on the understanding of architecture itself as a formal system. As proposed by Professor Anthony Vidler [1], this revision can be understood in two fronts: the diagrams developed within the study of semiotics and post-structuralism, and the diagrams developed since the 2nd WorldWar on the basis of cybernetics and information theory.This distinction between a linguistic and a cybernetic approach finds correspondence in recent exhibitions and publications. For instance, Robert Somol [2] discusses the use of diagrams and counters the linguistic propositions of Peter Eisenman to the “efficient functionality of [Christopher] Alexander’s cybernetic version”. In his thesis, João Rocha [3] describes a split in the theoretical transfer of structuralism studies to architecture characterizing two approaches: the linguistic approach to design and the quantitative approach – which adopted mathematical models as new operative and theoretical tools.  \nBoth cybernetic and semiotic diagrams sought to remove design from the autographic and subjective realm of the architect, taking an interest in understanding architecture as a process based on explicit rules. However, while semiotics was interested in understanding design as a linguistic system, cybernetics adopted computational processes to decompose design in flows of information.That is, despite the convergence toward formal design systems, such approaches presented striking ideological and methodological divergences.  \nWhile the importance of diagrams developed under the influence of the linguistic turn has already been extensively documented and disseminated, the diagrams of informational processes under the influence of systemic theories have a distinct and unexplored path. Facing this gap, this paper investigates the use of those cybernetic diagrams in the experimental architecture of the 1960s and 1970s.We establish a brief description of three designers that developed those diagrams within their historical context, emphasizing aspects related to design theory. After the interpretative historical research, we adopt elements of Flusser’s philosophy – particularly, the idea of computation as a game – as a conceptual framework to analyze and evaluate the importance of those diagrams to computational design. In the end of each topic and in the conclusion, we adopt this framework to support an analysis of each diagram and to establish comparisons with current computational design trends.  \nVilém Flusser [4, 5, 6] associates human technical advancement to a change in structures of thought, production and communication. He states that those “revolutions” are based on increasingly abstract codes and instruments and, therefore, they are also inc","cbCaivAaOpEvpPY5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivAaOpEvpPY5","pdf",1814498,"English","# BETWEEN DIAGRAMS\n## Diagrams as formal systems in architectural knowledge\n## Semiotics vs cybernetics: linguistic and quantitative approaches\n## Flusser’s concept of computation as a game\n## Diagrams, apparatuses, and freedom through rule-based play","[{\"question\":\"What is the main research focus of the paper?\",\"answer\":\"The paper focuses on how cybernetic and information-theory diagrams supported experimental architectural design practices in the 1960s and 1970s.\"},{\"question\":\"Which historical diagram sources does the research analyze?\",\"answer\":\"It analyzes Gordon Pask’s diagram for Fun Palace, Yona Friedman’s Flatwriter program diagrams, and Christopher Alexander’s diagrams for Synthesis of Form and Pattern Language.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper use Vilém Flusser’s concept of game in its analysis?\",\"answer\":\"Flusser’s idea frames computation as a game, enabling the paper to conceptualize how these diagrams relate to complexity, design knowledge, and comparisons with current computational design trends.\"}]","Cybernetic diagrams: design strategies for an open game - Issue 4 - Article | PDF"]