Theoretical Article

From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space

Volume: 7 Number: 1 March 30, 2026
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From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space

Abstract

This study repositions the concept of tolerance in digital space production not only as a technical flexibility but also as an ontological and algorithmic openness. In contrast to representational, form-centered and deterministic design approaches, it advocates an understanding of space established through interaction, process and difference. Drawing on Gilles Deleuze’s idea of becoming and difference and Luciana Parisi’s computational aesthetic approach, the research conceptualizes digital space not as a fixed structure but as a constantly emerging area of relationality. In this context, tolerance is not considered as an error or deviation but as a productive area of uncertainty inherent in the evolutionary nature of digital systems. Experiments conducted within the framework of agent-based systems reveal how tolerance operates on behavioral, formal and temporal planes. In these systems, where parameters are defined not with definite values but with intervals, space emerges not from form but from interaction. The study proposes a new architectural way of thinking that distances digital design from certainty and approaches uncertainty with openness. As a result, tolerance is considered not only as a technical aspect but also as an ethical and creative design principle in digital architecture.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Architectural Computing and Visualisation Methods, Architectural Design

Journal Section

Theoretical Article

Publication Date

March 30, 2026

Submission Date

June 20, 2025

Acceptance Date

September 26, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Kuran, I., & Tasa Yurtsever, U. B. (2026). From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space. Journal of Computational Design, 7(1), 53-70. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1723991
AMA
1.Kuran I, Tasa Yurtsever UB. From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space. JCoDe. 2026;7(1):53-70. doi:10.53710/jcode.1723991
Chicago
Kuran, Ipek, and Umut Burcu Tasa Yurtsever. 2026. “From Control to Contingency: Tolerance As a Generator of Digital Space”. Journal of Computational Design 7 (1): 53-70. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1723991.
EndNote
Kuran I, Tasa Yurtsever UB (March 1, 2026) From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space. Journal of Computational Design 7 1 53–70.
IEEE
[1]I. Kuran and U. B. Tasa Yurtsever, “From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space”, JCoDe, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 53–70, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.53710/jcode.1723991.
ISNAD
Kuran, Ipek - Tasa Yurtsever, Umut Burcu. “From Control to Contingency: Tolerance As a Generator of Digital Space”. Journal of Computational Design 7/1 (March 1, 2026): 53-70. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1723991.
JAMA
1.Kuran I, Tasa Yurtsever UB. From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space. JCoDe. 2026;7:53–70.
MLA
Kuran, Ipek, and Umut Burcu Tasa Yurtsever. “From Control to Contingency: Tolerance As a Generator of Digital Space”. Journal of Computational Design, vol. 7, no. 1, Mar. 2026, pp. 53-70, doi:10.53710/jcode.1723991.
Vancouver
1.Ipek Kuran, Umut Burcu Tasa Yurtsever. From Control to Contingency: Tolerance as a Generator of Digital Space. JCoDe. 2026 Mar. 1;7(1):53-70. doi:10.53710/jcode.1723991

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