Post-Material Architecture and the Programmable City: Metaphysical Engineering of the Digital-Spiritual Civilization

This research aims to present a novel model of future architecture and urbanism, entitled Post-Material Architecture and the Programmable City: Metaphysical Engineering of the Digital-Spiritual Civilization.At the dawn of the ۲۱st century, the modern industrial city model, built upon rationalism and the logic of material profitability, faces profound existential crises and can be analyzed as a failed architectural project. Adopting a theoretical-analytical and futuristic approach, the present study elucidates the transition from the material city to the conscious city. The research methodology is descriptive-analytical, based on library and philosophical studies drawing from the philosophy of technology, urban studies, and Illuminationist philosophy (Hikmat al-Ishraq). The study population is the Middle East region, specifically the vision of Iran ۲۰۵۰. Data collection instruments encompass the study of philosophical, technological, and mystical texts, employing conceptual and comparative analysis across various intellectual traditions. The research findings indicate that post-material architecture rests on three pillars: programmable matter, digital twins, and neuropsychological architecture. This study proposes the Mystical-Technological Republic model, structured around a Macro-Wisdom Council comprising a mystic, a progressive jurist, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Furthermore, the concept of Iranian-Islamic Cosmotechnics is introduced as an alternative to the Western Promethean view of technology. The study concludes that in the digital-spiritual civilization, technology serves as an instrument for spiritual embodiment and the elevation of collective consciousness, and the programmable city will function as a substrate for the coexistence of diverse forms of intelligence and the exportation of meaning to the world.

کلیدواژه ها:

: Post-Material Architecture ، Programmable City ، Metaphysical Engineering ، Digital-Spiritual Civilization ، Cosmotechnics