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First order which the Simulacrum (plural word for Simulacra) represents the reality that it references, it act as a pure imitation. Second order of Simulacrum which it started to denatures the reality it origins from. Third order of Simulacrum which it started to appear as it were a different reality, a completely separate order asContinue reading “Book Discussion – Simulacra and Simulation (Jean Baudrillard) – Rezki DK and Regina Chandra”

Shape as Memory written by Michael Layton was published in 2006. The author is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Rutgers University. In the same year, the book won the Presidential Young Investigatory Award for outstanding work in the field of cognitive science. In its time, this book has made a significant contributionContinue reading “Book Discussion – Shape as Memory – Riswanda Setyo Addino”

In the 1950s, Uruguay has rapid growth economy which make people look for a new form of investment, investing in property is one of them. The demand of high rise and huge big project rise up. It is supported with a new law of condominium by the government. People are making their way toward privateContinue reading “Book Discussion – Eladio Dieste – Fakhriyyah Khairunnida’”

Autopoiesis is the autonomy of architecture itself; the way to (re)produce architecture within architecture through series of cognitive selection and selective decision-making. This term came from Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (1980) while studying about regenerative process in cellular system. These automation tendencies then were studied by Niklas Luhnmann in his 7 volumes writings aboutContinue reading “Book Discussion – Autopoiseis of Architecture”

On 3 June 2017, we have held a book discussion on “Elements of Semiology”. The book was published on 1964 and written by Roland Barthes, a French bourgeois critic. As entitled, the book covered the primary elements of semiology, a field of study on sign. A sign is not specifically defined by Barthes in theContinue reading “Book Discussion – Elements of Semiology (Roland Barthes)”

Grammatology is a scientific study on how to write and writing. The study tests the typology, analyzes an essat, and understands the relation between verbal and written expressions. In 1967, Jacques Derrida used the term for different uses in ‘Of Grammatology’. A writing is not only a reproduction of verbal expressions into symbols, but alsoContinue reading “Book Discussion – Of Grammatology (Jacques Derrida)”