The future of architecture can be seen at schools such the Bartlett, UCL, says theorist and historian Mario Carpo. image courtesy Bartlett School of Architecture.

Mario Carpo talked on Digital Architecture's past and present to Metropolis Magazine. In general, Carpo evaluated  new digital turn in architecture, architects and new courses, new digital areas in the Bartlett, UCL that he has launched.  

Theorist Mario Carpo is working to write the history of architecture’s recent past. Focusing on what he calls the "digital turn,” Carpo has written extensively on the contemporary revolution in technology that is affecting all areas of life, but especially architecture. His research encompasses the history of the architectural profession as told through its technological advancements, from Alberti’s invention of architectural notation to today’s rapid-prototyping machines.

A.J. Artemel: What makes the present moment unique, as relates to the digital turn and contemporary developments in digital culture?

Mario Carpo: The digital era is a great time for architecture, and architects are interpreting digital technologies better than anyone else. Throughout history, architects have always been late in adapting to, and embracing, new technologies. For instance, though we don’t tend to think of it in those terms, Modernism—architectural Modernism, the most glorious period in the history of recent architecture—was a very retardataire phenomenon. After all, Modernism was a way to come to terms with the Industrial Revolution half a century, or in some countries, one century behind schedule......Continue Reading

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