Treatise on digital architecture Hovestadt's treatise strictly follows the model of the famous
treatises by Vitruvius (De architectura) and Alberti (De re aedificatoria) based on the
supposition that we find ourselves in a comparable situation today. Vitruvius and Alberti
expressed the meaning of architecture in their eras: Roman antiquity and the Renaissance.
Hovestadt has done the same for the present day incorporating considerations of physics
mathematics technology literature and philosophy. Books I to III deal with the role of the
architect and the objectivity of architecture. Books IV to VI address the modalities of
speaking about and encoding architecture: the secret the public and the private. Books VII to
X are dedicated to actual digital mechanisms: artificial intelligence natural communication
gnomonics and cultural heritage. An architectural treatise for our age in 10 books Inspired by
the works of Vitruvius and Alberti Published in three volumes in the Applied Virtuality Book
Series Vol. 19 20 and 21
