Theory

Cybernetic architecture

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Feedback-based, adaptive, conversational architecture; second-order cybernetics applied to design. Price/Pask lineage.

Cybernetics Ephemerality Computation

Details

Introduced: 1969

Connections

preceded Parametricism

Referenced by

Cedric Price proposed
Generator articulates
Fun Palace articulates
Gordon Pask proposed

Sources

Pask, Gordon. The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics. 1969.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Cybernetic architecture." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/cybernetic-architecture/. Accessed July 17, 2026.