Discrete Sampling: There is No Object or Field … Just Statistical Digital Patterns

Research by Immanuel Koh challenges traditional architectural design paradigms by demonstrating that iconic structures, including Walter Gropius's Bauhaus building and Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion, can be digitally decomposed into discrete figure-and-ground cells. These cells, when reconfigured, retain the spatial features of the original designs without adhering to conventional object-field distinctions. Koh's approach leverages statistical digital patterns to generate new configurations, offering a novel perspective on architectural design and its future possibilities.

Koh, I. (2019). Discrete Sampling: There is No Object or Field … Just Statistical Digital Patterns. Architectural Design, 89(2), 102–109. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.2418