The Rise and Fall of Visual Paradigms: An Interview with Mario Carpo

Interview conducted by Stephannie Fell Contrerasat The Bartlett School of Architecture (March 10th, 2020) and via Zoom (April 14th, 2020) Mario Carpo is Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory at The Bartlett School of Architecture. He specializes in history of architectural theory and history of cultural technologies, focusing on the early modern period and contemporary digital design theory. He is the author of The Second Digital Turn (MIT Press, 2017), The Alphabet and the Algorithm (MIT Press, 2011), and Architecture in the Age of Printing (MIT Press, 2001), among other books.