Theorist

Gordon Pask

1928–1996 Second-order cybernetics; conversation theory

Cybernetics Computation Knowledge

Details

Nationality: British

Notes

Chair of the Fun Palace Cybernetics Subcommittee from 1963; founder of conversation theory; consultant to Negroponte at MIT Arch Mac.

Connections

associated with MIT Architecture Machine Group (Arch Mac)
authored Fun Palace
collaborated with Nicholas Negroponte
collaborated with Cedric Price
proposed Cybernetic architecture

Sources

Pask, Gordon. The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics. 1969.
Pickering, Andrew. The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future. University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Gordon Pask." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/gordon-pask/. Accessed July 17, 2026.