Annetta Pedretti
Annetta Pedretti (1954-2018) was an architect associated with second-order cybernetics, and a student of Gordon Pask. She is known for her long-term design project refurbishing a house at 25 Princelet Street in Spitalfields, now called the House of Annetta. She moved into the house in 1980.
Annetta Pedretti
- Name
- Annetta Pedretti
- Born
- 1954
- Birthplace
- Celerina, Switzerland
- Died
- 2018
- Education
- * Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Known for
- Cybernetics
- Occupation
- cyberneticist · architect · publisher
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Annetta Pedretti (1954-2018) was an architect associated with second-order cybernetics, and a student of Gordon Pask. She is known for her long-term design project refurbishing a house at 25 Princelet Street in Spitalfields, now called the House of Annetta. She moved into the house in 1980.
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• Name — Annetta Pedretti • Born — 1954 • Birthplace — Celerina, Switzerland • Died — 2018 • Fields — Architecture Design • Education — * Architectural Association School of Architecture • Brunel University of London (PhD) • Thesis Title — The cybernetics of language • Thesis Year — 1981 • Known for — Cybernetics
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- 1.Home — House of Annetta. houseofannetta.org.
- 2.Pedretti, Annetta. The cybernetics of language. Brunel University Theses. 1981.
- 3.Annetta Pedretti 1954-2018. American Society for Cybernetics.
- 4.Perera, Dulmini. Designing in the Context of Time: Why Annetta Pedretti’s cybernetic-architectural practice at 25 Princelet Street matters. arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 1–14. 2025-04-08. 1359-1355.
- 5.Perera, Dulmini. Designing in the Context of Time: On Annetta Pedretti, practicing cybernetics and futuring. Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design. RSD11. 110. 2022-09-23.
- 6.Assemble.
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