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claim:computation-is-a-game-of-empowerment-and-therefore-the-investment-in-opening-the-design-process-remains-a-critical-challenge-for-contemporary-architecture

Computation is a game of empowerment and, therefore, the investment in opening the design process remains a critical challenge for contemporary architecture.

Final normative claim: computation’s nature as a game demands architectural openness, a challenge yet to be met.

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Cybernetic Diagrams: Design Strategies for an Open Game

(2014) · Veloso, Pedro L.A.

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open game
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Flusserian game where players subvert rules to produce novel information, in contrast to zero-sum or predetermined systems; the critical aim for cybernetic diagrams.

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