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Clog: Data Space
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Over two billion people across the world use the Internet regularly. Every second, 2.8 million emails are sent, 30,000 phrases are Googled, and 600 updates are tweeted. While being absorbed into this virtual world, most rarely consider the physical ramifications of this data. All over the world, data centers are becoming integral components of our twenty-first century infrastructure. These facilities can range from small portable modules to massive warehouses full of servers, from sleek new constructions to the reuse of existing infrastructures.
CLOG : DATA SPACE examines with the significance of this bridge between the virtual and the physical. With over 35 contributions, CLOG explores how this new typology affects the discourse of architecture and the shaping of our built environment.
Over two billion people across the world use the Internet regularly. Every second, 2.8 million emails are sent, 30,000 phrases are Googled, and 600 updates are tweeted. While being absorbed into this virtual world, most rarely consider the physical ramifications of this data. All over the world, data centers are becoming integral components of our twenty-first century infrastructure. These facilities can range from small portable modules to massive warehouses full of servers, from sleek new constructions to the reuse of existing infrastructures.
CLOG : DATA SPACE examines with the significance of this bridge between the virtual and the physical. With over 35 contributions, CLOG explores how this new typology affects the discourse of architecture and the shaping of our built environment.
136 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2012
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November 24, 2016
Hot takes on data centers x architecture from ~35 contributors with a range of stances from criticism to boosterism. Many of the one-page essays: "I'm just gonna leave this here [description of a data center with 1-2 photos]." Most seem optimistic about the future of our lives with data, and anticipate that architecture will work around/within the spatial demands of our collective data use rather than subverting, exposing seams, or (sorry) clogging.
Two contributions that stood out to me: Stefano Corbo on how architecture can "detect, capture, and re-interpret the invisible data that characterizes contemporary society" (i.e. make visible, critically examine) and Amy Swift on digital preservation needs in architectural practice.
Two contributions that stood out to me: Stefano Corbo on how architecture can "detect, capture, and re-interpret the invisible data that characterizes contemporary society" (i.e. make visible, critically examine) and Amy Swift on digital preservation needs in architectural practice.
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