This show does nothing less than delineate a possible future trajectory for architecture, in which it remains relevant in the development of ’sentient cities’, put frankly. It also implicitly indicates how far architecture has to go to do so.
Enrique Ramirez
I must start off this piece on Toward the Sentient City with an admission: as I write this, I am unsure as to what my own take on this excellent and thought-provoking exhibition should be. Which hat do I wear? Am I a technologist? Kinda. An architect? Definitely not …
Martijn de Waal
At certain points in the history of architecture and urban planning, the internal debate on how to apply new technologies surpasses the boundaries of the discipline. At those times, the hopes and fears found in the disputes between architects, policy makers, engineers and planners are extended to a broader discussion about urban and societal change.
Mimi Zeiger
It took awhile for my brain to formulate the words “science fair” as I walked through Toward the Sentient City, now on view at the Architectural League of New York, but once there I couldn’t shake them. The two words weren’t meant as derogatory or judgmental, quite the opposite.
Tish Shute
Toward the Sentient City, brought “architects and urban designers into a conversation that until now has been limited largely to technologists,” and created an extraordinary opportunity to investigate distributed architectures of participation of what we might call the “outernet.”
About this section
As part of the exhibition, a series of bloggers, writers and critics have been invited to respond to the project in the form of a blog post. Ranging from reviews of specific projects in the exhibition to more general commentary on the issues the exhibition aims to address, these responses will be posted in this section [...]