Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK and Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- Section 1: Parametricism and Politics - Polemics -- 2. On Numbers, More or Less -- Reinhold Martin, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 3. The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism: and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order -- Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK -- 4. There is No Such Thing as a Political Architecture; There is No Such Thing as Digital Architecture -- Neil Leach, USC School of Architecture, USA -- Section 2: Post-Humanist Critiques -- 5. Parametricist Architecture (Would be a Good Idea) -- Benjamin Bratton, University of California, San Diego, USA -- 6. 'Play Turtle, Do It Yourself': Flocks, Swarms, Schools, and the Political-Architectural Imaginary -- Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 7. Breeding Ideology: Parametricism and Biological Architecture -- Christina Cogdell, University of California, Davis, USA -- Section 3: Techniques of (Socio-Spatio-Political) Representation -- 8. Speculation, Presumption and Assumption: The Ideology of Algebraic-to-Parametric Workspace -- Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK -- 9. Undelete: Recreating Uncensored Archives -- Laura Kurgan, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA -- 10. Architecture as Disputing Calculations: Notes for a Pragmatic Reframing of Parametricism and Architecture -- Andres Jaque, Andres Jaque Architects: Office for Political Innovation, Spain -- Section 4: The Figure of the Practicing Architect -- 11. Parametric Schizophrenia -- Peggy Deamer, Yale School of Architecture, USA -- 12. The Architecture of Neoliberalism -- Teddy Cruz, University of California, Davis, USA -- 13. Parameter Value -- Phillip G. Bernstein, Autodesk, USA -- 14. Spinoza's Geometric and Ecological Ratios -- Peg Rawes, Bartlett School of Architecture, UK -- Index.