Hackitecture: Open Source Ecology in Architecture (2013)
article⁄Hackitecture: Open Source Ecology in Architecture (2013)
abstract⁄This paper discusses the changing modes of conception, production and consumption of architecture within the larger open source discourse. Analogies are drawn from the field of computer science to conceptually understand the relevance of ideas like hacktivism, crowdsourcing, open source, social media and usercentric approaches with regard to architecture in the twentyfirst century. These ideas are discussed in relationship with the long lineage of research carried out within the architectural community regarding user participation in design. Contemporary interpretation of similar ideas is discussed with relation to how they could be systematically classified based on the nature of the ‘open’ and the ‘source’ as an approach toward design and architecture. Hybridizing these approaches leads to what can be termed as ‘hackitecture,’ a systemic appropriation of the hacker culture and the open source movement as an architectural agency. The essay then argues for an open source framework for architecture where obvious differences between the user and designer are dissolved, and wherein the conceptiontoproduction and eventual conception of the architectural ‘object’ exists as a continuum. Such a framework is discussed with respect to the technological shift emerging within the discipline. The essay concludes with the possibility of situating such processes within the larger postcapitalist sociopolitical turmoil seen today while discussing the problematics of such an approach.
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| Year |
2013 |
| Authors |
Goyal, Akshay. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture |
| Pages |
183-190 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
hackitecture-open-source-ecology-architecture |
