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.

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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 Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation

Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecturetoday, gaining interest from not only academics and students butalso leading professionals, with directors from Fosters, Arup andBentley Systems all attending the most recent symposium on thesubject at the Architects Association, London. As a concept, Emergence has captured the zeitgeist, embodyingthe pervasive cultural interest in genetics and biologicalsciences. In the sciences, Emergence is an explanation of hownatural systems have evolved and maintained themselves, and ithas also been applied to artificial intelligence, informationsystems, economics and climate studies. The potential of themathematics of Emergence that underlie the complex systems ofnature is now being realised by engineers and architects for theproduction of complex architectural forms and effects, in advancedmanufacturing of ‘smart’ materials and processes, andin the innovative designs of active structures and responsiveenvironments.The first book to provide a detailed exploration of thearchitectural and engineering consequences of this paradigm, anda detailed analysis of geometries, processes and systems to beincorporated into new methods of working.Sets out a new model of ‘Metabolism’ that usesnatural systems and processes as a model far beyond the minimisingenvironmental strategies of ‘sustainability’.www.architectureofemergence.om

wiley

Emergence is one of the most exciting new fields in architecture today, gaining interest from not only academics and students but also leading professionals, with directors from Fosters, Arup and Bentley Systems all attending the most recent symposium on the subject at the Architects Association, London. 
As a concept, Emergence has captured the zeitgeist, embodying the pervasive cultural interest in genetics and biological sciences. In the sciences, Emergence is an explanation of how natural systems have evolved and maintained themselves, and it has also been applied to artificial intelligence, information systems, economics and climate studies. The potential of the mathematics of Emergence that underlie the complex systems of nature is now being realised by engineers and architects for the production of complex architectural forms and effects, in advanced manufacturing of ‘smart’ materials and processes, and in the innovative designs of active structures and responsive environments. <ul>
<li>The first book to provide a detailed exploration of the architectural and engineering consequences of this paradigm, and a detailed analysis of geometries, processes and systems to be incorporated into new methods of working.</li> <li>Sets out a new model of ‘Metabolism’ that uses natural systems and processes as a model far beyond the minimising environmental strategies of ‘sustainability’.</li> <li>www.architectureofemergence.om</li> </ul>

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Emergent Technologies and Design: Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture

Emergent Technologies and Design: Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture

The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation

The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation