Archaeology of the Digital

Exhibition, Main galleries, 7 May 2013 to 27 October 2013

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Archaeology of the Digital. Installation view, 2013

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Archaeology of the Digital is conceived as an investigation into the foundations of digital architecture at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s through four seminal projects that established bold new directions for architectural research by experimenting with novel digital tools: the Lewis Residence by Frank Gehry (1985–1995), Peter Eisenman’s unrealized Biozentrum (1987), Chuck Hoberman’s Expanding Sphere (1992) and Shoei Yoh’s roof structures for Odawara (1991) and Galaxy Toyama (1992) Gymnasiums.

The exhibition is part of a multi-year research project launched by the CCA to investigate the development and use of computers in architecture, and the first step in the CCA’s strategic objective of creating a collection of digital architecture.

Curator: Greg Lynn, Los Angeles.
Graphic design: Jonathan Hares, Lausanne.

Selected objects

Peter Eisenman, Eisenman/Robertson Architects, Biozentrum, Biology Center for the J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Schematic representation of a DNA sequence (detail), 1987. Peter Eisenman fonds, CCA Collection

Eisenman/Robertson Architects, Biozentrum Biology Center for the J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Study plan, 1987. Electrostatic print on paper with ink and graphite notations. Peter Eisenman fonds, CCA Collection. DR1999:0573:001

Peter Eisenman, Eisenman/Robertson Architects. Biozentrum, Biology Center for the J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Study Perspective, 1987. Graphic appliqué film on photoreproduction, 21.5 x 28 cm. Peter Eisenman fonds, CCA Collection. DR1999:0585:009

Hoberman Sphere in 4 progressive stages of expansion, 1993. Electrostatic prints on paper, 21.7 x 60.33 cm. Chuck Hoberman fonds, CCA Collection © Hoberman Associates

Walter Wick, photographer. Chuck Hoberman with expanding aluminum sphere. 1991. Black and white print on chromogenic paper, 25.4 x 20.4 cm. Chuck Hoberman fonds, CCA © Walter Wick

Shoei Yoh + Architects. Galaxy Toyama, Gymnasium, Imizu, Toyama, Japan: Experiment of photoelasticity for the roof, 1990-1992. Electrostatic print on plastic, 25.7 x 36.4 cm © Shoei Yoh + Architects

Shoei Yoh + Architects. Odawara Municipal Sports Complex, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan: Computer-generated images of deformation of roof. 1990 1991. Electrostatic print on plastic, 25.7 x 36.4 cm © Shoei Yoh + Architects

Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Inc. Lewis Residence, Lyndhurst, Ohio: Fish, Geometrical frame of the conservatory from Catia 3D model, 1989-1995. Image provided by Gehry Partners, LLP.

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An Age of Paper

Paperless Studios

Digital Media Archaeology: Archive, Museum, and Sonicity

Archaeologists of the Digital

Digital Tools in Four Practices

Sound Advice and Clear Drawings

The Greg Lynn Show

A Fish Is Kind of Aerodynamic

A Roof Can Be Anywhere

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