Theorist

Antoine Picon

1957–present History and theory of architectural technology

Computation Tectonics Infrastructure

Details

Nationality: French

Notes

Engineer of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées; G. Ware Travelstead Professor at Harvard GSD; critical theorist of smart cities.

Connections

authored Digital Culture in Architecture
relates to Keller Easterling
relates to Extrastatecraft / Infrastructure Space
critiqued Parametricism
influenced Achim Menges

Sources

Picon, Antoine. Digital Culture in Architecture: An Introduction for the Design Professions. Birkhäuser, 2010.
Picon, Antoine. Smart Cities: A Spatialised Intelligence. Wiley, 2015.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Antoine Picon." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/antoine-picon/. Accessed July 17, 2026.