A friend asked me for a syllabus on architecture and cybernetics. I don’t have a comprehensive syllabus on the subject, but I did send him a short list of readings that have informed my thinking about architecting from a systemic perspective. I thought you may get value from this list as well, so I’m sharing it here. The resources are in no particular order.
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The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics by Gordon Pask (PDF)
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The Architectural Relevance of Gordon Pask by Usman Haque; for historical context on the previous item. (PDF)
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Architectural Intelligence by Molly Wright Steenson; for historical context of the subject in general. (My book notes.)
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The Sciences of the Artificial by Herbert A. Simon
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The Art of Systems Architecting by Mark W. Maier and Eberhardt Reichtin
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form by Christopher Alexander (I also have my students read Mr. Alexander’s A City Is Not a Tree; PDF.)
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The Architecture of Emergence by Michael Weinstock
What major resources have I missed? Please let me know.
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