Wolfram’s reading indicates that complexity can be based on a simple rule set. By following the defined rules, the outcome can be visually complex. In this system, complexity is based on a sequence of ‘if then’ statements. However, Deleuze’s theory suggests that there is an inherent complexity constructed of two different yet intertwined entities: the smooth and the striated. There is no if then statement with these, because the smooth and the striated act in relation to each other, while at the same time remaining their own entities. One thing that both of the readings have in common is that the systems exist within time and they are not static. In Wolfram’s text, time is displayed in the process of analyzing the previous steps based on the logic of the system and then implementing them to create the outcome. In the Deleuze reading, time is a property that is present in the smooth, because intensities and forces cannot exist without the element of time.
Rocker’s studio uses cellular automata as a generative tool for architecture. However, her use of the cellular automata places emphasis on the output diagram as an architectural form. In the last class, we discussed that Rocker’s studio used the algorithm as a way of creating the diagrams, but that diagrams were only one way of representing the computation. I was wondering how computation could be represented if its outcome vary? Is the problem with Rocker’s approach that she is only looking at one outcome and not a variety of outcomes?
The following is an image of a model designed by Greg Lynn for the Kleiburg Block.
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