The definition of enabling technologies highlights a still partially unsolved question. The so-called KETs are identified and remodulated according to the variability of financial markets and leading industrial production sectors. It is not surprising that the debate and experimentation on them has affected the field of Architecture with a preference for the digitization aspects. In the disciplines of Architecture, however, it is important to focus on the technology that not only anticipates or solves problems thanks to the digital processes and devices, but it also contributes to enabling multiple states of co-evolutionary adaptivity between bios and techne. On these questions, the issue of the enabling role of technology has been brought to the attention of some researchers who deal with the multiple challenges posed by technological innovations with respect to the complexities of doing Architecture. The contributions of Nicola Emery, Maurizio Ferraris, and Paolo Tombesi highlighted that the problem is not to classify, reorientate, deny, or exalt techniques as more or less enabling resources. A much more complex scenario emerges concerning the theoretical, anthropological, and methodological aspects of designing. The real challenge is to regain possession of the technological skills to connect or recompose different technical levels in an enabling, plural, and multidimensional organic vision, to guarantee, consolidate and improve our behavioral and housing attitudes.
La definizione di tecnologie abilitanti evidenzia ancora alcune questioni parzialmente irrisolte. Le cosiddette KETs sono individuate e rimodulate secondo la variabilità dei mercati finanziari e dei settori produttivi industriali trainanti. Non sorprende che il dibattito e la sperimentazione su di esse abbia interessato il campo dell’Architettura prediligendo gli aspetti legati alla digitalizzazione. Nelle discipline dell’Architettura, è però importante soffermarsi sulla tecnologia che non solo anticipa e risolve problemi grazie a processi e dispositivi digitali, ma che contribuisce anche ad abilitare stati multipli di adattività co-evolutiva fra bios e techne. Su tali questioni, il tema del ruolo abilitante della tecnologia è stato posto all’attenzione di alcuni studiosi che si occupano delle molteplici sfide poste dalle innovazioni tecnologiche rispetto alle complessità del fare Architettura. Dai contributi di Nicola Emery, Maurizio Ferraris e Paolo Tombesi si evidenzia che il problema non è classificare, riorientare, negare o esaltare le tecniche come risorse più o meno abilitanti. Emerge uno scenario molto più complesso che coinvolge aspetti teoretici, antropologici e metodologici del fare progetto. La vera sfida è riappropriarsi delle capacità tecnologiche di connettere o ricomporre differenti livelli tecnici in una visione organica abilitante, plurale e multidimensionale, per garantire, consolidare e migliorare le nostre attitudini comportamentali e abitative.
ENABLING VARIATIONS AND DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHITECTURE: A COMPLEX DEBATE
Davoli, P
2023
Abstract
The definition of enabling technologies highlights a still partially unsolved question. The so-called KETs are identified and remodulated according to the variability of financial markets and leading industrial production sectors. It is not surprising that the debate and experimentation on them has affected the field of Architecture with a preference for the digitization aspects. In the disciplines of Architecture, however, it is important to focus on the technology that not only anticipates or solves problems thanks to the digital processes and devices, but it also contributes to enabling multiple states of co-evolutionary adaptivity between bios and techne. On these questions, the issue of the enabling role of technology has been brought to the attention of some researchers who deal with the multiple challenges posed by technological innovations with respect to the complexities of doing Architecture. The contributions of Nicola Emery, Maurizio Ferraris, and Paolo Tombesi highlighted that the problem is not to classify, reorientate, deny, or exalt techniques as more or less enabling resources. A much more complex scenario emerges concerning the theoretical, anthropological, and methodological aspects of designing. The real challenge is to regain possession of the technological skills to connect or recompose different technical levels in an enabling, plural, and multidimensional organic vision, to guarantee, consolidate and improve our behavioral and housing attitudes.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
