THE DIGITAL PLATO ON ANALOGIES AND DIGITALISM IN COMPUTER-AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

In this text, the authors use the maieutic method, a form of literary fiction that treats it as a pedagogical method, between the Ant (Socrates) and the Grasshopper (Sophist), to philosophically analyze the relationship between technology and humanism. The questions raised aim to understand the relationship between the analog and the digital in the theoretical foundation of present-day architectural practices, for instance, Biodigital architecture. The conversation takes an analytical approach to digitalism, approximating the need for mental visualizations with regard to digital ones, in line with the emerging styles in architectural design.