Emergent Technologies and Design: Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture

Emergence - the process by which new and coherent structures, patterns and properties ‘emerge’ from within complex systems Traditional architecture starts from the premise that architectural structures are singular and fixed, and however well integrated are separate from their environment and context. Emergence requires that the opposite is true – that those structures are complex energy and material systems that have a lifespan, exist as part of an environment of other active systems, and develop in an evolutionary way.  This book, based on the authors’ internationally renowned Emergent Technologies and Design course at the Architectural Association in London, introduces a new approach to the practice of architecture. The authors use essays and projects to demonstrate the interrelationship of concepts such as emergence and self-organisation with the latest technologies in design, manufacturing and construction.  With projects from their course, and critiques and commentary from some of the world’s leading design theorists and practitioners, the authors of Emergent Technologies and Design have introduced a radical new way of understanding the way in which architecture is conceived, designed and produced.

Arts & Photography

Menges, Achim

Weinstock, Michael

Hensel, Michael

Architecture

Routledge

Emergence - the process by which new and coherent structures, patterns and properties ‘emerge’ from within complex systems Traditional architecture starts from the premise that architectural structures are singular and fixed, and however well integrated are separate from their environment and context. Emergence requires that the opposite is true – that those structures are complex energy and material systems that have a lifespan, exist as part of an environment of other active systems, and develop in an evolutionary way. This book, based on the authors’ internationally renowned Emergent Technologies and Design course at the Architectural Association in London, introduces a new approach to the practice of architecture. The authors use essays and projects to demonstrate the interrelationship of concepts such as emergence and self-organisation with the latest technologies in design, manufacturing and construction. With projects from their course, and critiques and commentary from some of the world’s leading design theorists and practitioners, the authors of Emergent Technologies and Design have introduced a radical new way of understanding the way in which architecture is conceived, designed and produced.

The current transition from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Computational Design in architecture represents a profound shift in design thinking and methods. Representation is being replaced by simulation, and the crafting of objects is moving towards the generation of integrated systems through designer-authored computational processes. While there is a particular history of such an approach in architecture, its relative newness requires the continued progression of novel modes of design thinking for the architect of the 21st century. This AD Reader establishes a foundation for such thinking. It includes multifaceted reflections and speculations on the profound influence of computational paradigms on architecture. It presents relevant principles from the domains of mathematics and computer science, developmental and evolutionary biology, system science and philosophy, establishing a discourse for computational design thinking in architecture. Rather than a merely technical approach, the book will discuss essential intellectual concepts that are fundamental not only for a discourse on computational design but also for its practice. 
This anthology provides a unique collection of seminal texts by authors, who have either provided a significant starting point through which a computational approach to design has been pursued or have played a considerable role in shaping the field. An important aspect of this book is the manner in which adjacent fields and historical texts are connected. Both the source of original inspiration and scientific thought are presented alongside contemporary writings on the continually evolving computational design discourse. Emerging from the field of science, principally the subjects of morphogenesis, evolution and mathematics, selected texts provide a historical basis for a reconfigured mindset of processes that generate, arrange and describe form. Juxtaposed against more contemporary statements regarding the influence of computation on design thinking, the book offers advancements of fundamental texts to the particular purpose of establishing novel thought processes for architecture, theoretically and practically. <ul>
<li>The first reader to provide an effective framework for computational thinking in design.</li> </ul>
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<li>Includes classic texts by Johan W. von Goethe, D’Arcy Thompson, Ernst Mayr, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Gordan Pask, Christopher Alexander, John H. Holland, Nicholas Negroponte, William Mitchell, Peter J. Bentley &amp; David W. Corne, Sanford Kwinter, John Frazer, Kostis Terzidis, Michael Weinstock and Achim Menges</li> </ul>
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<li>Features new writing by: Mark Burry, Jane Burry, Manuel DeLanda and Peter Trummer.</li> </ul>

Computational Design Thinking: Computation Design Thinking

Ahlquist, Sean

wiley

Computational Design Thinking: Computation Design Thinking (AD Reader)

Advancing Wood Architecture: A Computational Approach

In light of environmental challenges architecture is facing, wood is no longer regarded as outmoded, nostalgic, and rooted in the past, but increasingly recognized as one of the most promising building materials for the future. Recent years have seen unprecedented innovation of new technologies for advancing wood architecture. Advancing Wood Architecture offers a comprehensive overview of the new architectural possibilities that are enabled by cutting-edge computational technologies in wood construction. It provides both an overarching architectural understanding and in-depth technological information through built projects and the works of four leading design research groups in Europe. The projects presented include large scale, permanent buildings such as the ETH Arch-Tec Lab Building in Zurich, the Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall near Stuttgart and the Boiler House in Hooke Park, UK, as well as, built research prototypes investigating additive robotic fabrication, folded plate structures and meteorosensitive building skins. Illustrated in full colour, the book showcases the latest technological developments in design computation, simulation and digital fabrication together with an architectural, engineering and manufacturing perspective, offering an outlook towards novel spatial and constructional opportunities of a material with unrivalled ecological virtues.

Schwinn, Tobias

Krieg, Oliver David

Material Performance: Fibrous Tectonics & Architectural Morphology is a studio report from the Fall 2015 semester at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. In biology, most load-bearing structures are fibrous systems. These natural composites share their fundamental characteristics with manmade composites such as glass- or carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics. But in contrast to the biological systems and their astounding morphological differentiation, technical fiber composites are usually considered to be amorphic—that is, intrinsically formless and thus dependent on external formwork. This studio challenged this conception with the aim to reveal the “morphic” character of fibrous systems and discover their inherent material gestalt.

Material Performance: Fibrous Tectonics & Architectural Morphology (Harvard GSD Studio Reports)

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Wie kann der fundamentale digitale Wandel, der das Entwerfen und Bauen durchdringt, als eine baukulturelle Veränderung aktiv gestaltet werden? Achim Menges und Jan Knippers Ist es gelungen, durch das Ausloten robotischer Fertigungstechniken, gekoppelt mit innovativen Materialentwicklungen, genuin digitale Bausysteme zu entwickeln, die architektonische Eleganz und konstruktive Effektivität verbinden. Das Buch gibt Einblicke in zehn Jahre der gemeinsamen Forschung an den Instituten ICD und ITKE an der Universität Stuttgart. Es belegt auch anhand von realisierten Pavillons und Bauten die zugrundeliegenden Hypothesen, mit denen die Grenzen des Bauens eindrucksvoll verschoben werden. Fachbeiträge internationaler Experten verankern das Werk im derzeitigen Architekturdiskurs.

Architektur Forschung Bauen: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020 (Birkhauser) (German Edition)

Knippers, Jan

Birkhauser

How can the fundamental digital change taking place in design and construction be actively used to bring about cultural change in architecture? By exploring robotic production methods and innovative material developments, Achim Menges and Jan Knippers have succeeded in developing genuine digital building systems that combine architectural elegance with effective construction. The book provides an insight into ten years of joint research at the ICD and ITKE Institutes of Stuttgart University. Taking completed pavilions and buildings as examples, the authors demonstrate the viability of the underlying hypotheses that impressively push the limits of construction. Articles from international experts contribute to the current debate on architecture.

Architecture Research Building

• Digital Fabrication offers an informed overview of the impact of digital technologies on architectural fabrication today, providing a snapshot of the latest developments in the field, drawing upon the leading experts in architectural practice and education from across the world • Publication accompanies that of a companion volume - Computational Design ISBN 9787560873336 How are new digital fabrication technologies changing the ways in which architects are constructing buildings today? Digital Fabrication offers a range of informed opinions on the subject written by some of the leading authorities in the world. It addresses new digital fabrication technologies, such as 3D printing, computer numerically controlled milling, along with other robotically controlled manufacturing operations, such as laser cutting, bandsaw cutting, stitching, weaving, forming, bending, folding and stacking. The volume is divided into different sections comprising Manifestos, Methodologies, Interviews and Projects, and also includes a helpful Introduction that offers a brief history of digital fabrication.

Digital Fabrication

Computers & Technology

Leach, Neil

Philip F. Yuan

Software

Tongji University Press Co., Ltd

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Emergent Technologies and Design: Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture

Emergent Technologies and Design: Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture

Computational Design Thinking: Computation Design Thinking

Computational Design Thinking: Computation Design Thinking (AD Reader)

Advancing Wood Architecture: A Computational Approach

Advancing Wood Architecture: A Computational Approach

Material Performance: Fibrous Tectonics & Architectural Morphology (Harvard GSD Studio Reports)

Architektur Forschung Bauen: ICD/ITKE 2010-2020 (Birkhauser) (German Edition)

Architecture Research Building

Digital Fabrication