TOWARDS AN AESTHETIC DISCOURSE OF COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN: RE-CONTEXTUALIZING THE SUBLIME

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2024-6-26

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HAFIZ, İREM

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This thesis explores an intriguing intersection of computational design technology and philosophy, delving into the ontological and aesthetic dimensions of generative algorithmic forms in the non-anthropocentric realm of architecture. It proposes a re- contextualization of the sublime as an aesthetic value, aligned with the dynamic, unpredictable, and unstable aesthetic qualities inherent in computational forms, aiming to supersede stable conditions of the beautiful. To reframe aesthetics in computational design, the sublime is examined both as profound emotional “affects” and as formal qualities that are suggested as stemming from the problem of perceiving vast quantities of data and “unbounded” attributes. Emergent, self- organizing, and behavioral states of generative forms are characterized by the increasing complexity of data translation, manipulation, and processing techniques, which indirectly involve architects within design procedures. Through an empirical investigation, producing two vocabulary maps as visual documentation — one tracing a historical lineage of the sublime and the other endeavoring to reveal the sublime aspects in contemporary generative design practices — this thesis observes that new aesthetic values in computational design arise from the high-level complexities of forms, emerging from decentralized and multi-layered ontogenetic strategies.

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Aesthetics of the Sublime, Ontology of Computational Forms, Complexity Paradigm, Vastness, Unboundedness, Emergence

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/110386

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis