The Visual Language of Technique

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Setting the Matter

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Dealing with the Image. Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges

      • Luigi Cocchiarella

      Pages 3-4

   3. Colloquium with Ruggero Eugeni

      • Luigi Cocchiarella

      Pages 5-10

   4. The Visual Language of Technique Between Science and Art

      • Luigi Cocchiarella

      Pages 11-30

3. Visual Language Between History and Epistemology: Retrospects and Prospects Across the Disciplinary Fields

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. Landscape as a Device

      • Rocco Ronchi

      Pages 33-39

   3. Geometry—Daughter of Art, Mother of Mathematics

      • Gunter Weiss

      Pages 41-57

   4. Images and Icons in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

      • Andrea Bonarini

      Pages 59-70

   5. Descriptive Geometry—Vision Guided Spatial Reasoning

      • Hellmuth Stachel

      Pages 71-84

   6. Talking About Space. Searching the Image

      • Maria Grazia Sandri

      Pages 85-107

   7. Two Imperial Compounds in Ethiopia: Survey and Restoration

      • Livio Sacchi

      Pages 109-124

   8. How to Precisely Measure Astronomic Periods of Time by Means of Stone Age Geometry

      • Georg Glaeser

      Pages 125-138

4. Archival Images Between History and Future: Iconographies and Experiences from the Departments of the Politecnico di Milano

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Drawing… «Ut Signa Temporis»

      • Luigi Cocchiarella

      Pages 141-145

   3. Visual Language in Physics Research

      • Paolo Biagioni, Davide Contini, Dario Polli, Francesco Scotognella

      Pages 147-150

   4. Physics Research as a Project Process. Aesthetics in Science, Representation and Technology, Design Concepts from New Physics. A Visual Report from LHC—CERN

      • Federico Alberto Brunetti

      Pages 151-154

   5. The Use of the Image in the Study of the State of Conservation of Historical Structures

      • Giuliana Cardani, Dario Coronelli

      Pages 155-158

   6. BIMM-Based Visual Language of Construction

      • Ezio Arlati, Stefano Capolongo, Bruno Daniotti, Maria Pompeiana Iarossi, Angelo Lucchini, Ingrid Paoletti et al.

      Pages 159-162

   7. Mapping Environmental Quality: Making the Invisible Visible

      • Eugenio Morello

      Pages 163-166

The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Dealing with the Image Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are traditionally involved in the use of the Image as a specialized language supporting their work, their research activities and their educational tasks. The book will also include the essays of invited or interviewed authors from other disciplines, namely Philosophy, Mathematics and Semiotics. According to Regis Debray, in the present "Visual Age", which he has significantly defined as a "Video-Sphere", all the information tends to be processed and controlled by means of visual devices. This occurs especially in the various branches of many technical studies and activities, one of the most sensitive areas to the use of Visual Language in the past and even more in the present.

• architectural representation
• art sciences techniques
• design
• engineering graphics
• visual language

• Architecture and Urban Studies Campus Leonardo - Building La Nave, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

  Luigi Cocchiarella

Prof. Luigi Cocchiarella

Associate Professor, Department of Architettura e Studi Urbani (DASTU), School of Architettura e Società (Architecture and Society), since 1999 at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. 

Member of the Department Board of the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies.

Vice-President of the Bachelor in Architectural Science of the School of Architettura e Società Member of the Unione Italiana Disegno (UID).

Member of the Board of Regents of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG).

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