Alive : advancements in adaptive architecture / Manuel Kretzer, Ludger Hovestadt, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kretzer, Manuel, editor.

Hovestadt, Ludger, editor.

Series:

Applied Virtuality Book Series

Applied Virtuality Book Series ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Zeiten, in denen der Begriff "Natur" im Kern seiner biologischen Materialitat in Frage gestellt wird, müssen wir die Zusammenhange zwischen Architektur und Natur neu überdenken. Dies betrifft nicht nur Strategien für einen verantwortlichen Umgang mit der Umwelt, sondern ebenso menschliches Verhalten und kulturelle oder demografische Varietat. Um diesen Herausforderungen zu begegnen, sollte man sich dem Unbekannten stellen und die Disziplin Architektur zu einer integrierten und interdisziplinaren Praxis hin entwickeln. Das Buch präsentiert zukunftsweisende Design-Beschreibungen, erarbeitet von führenden Praktikern und Forschern, die nach neuen Verbindungen zwischen Architektur, Natur und Mensch für eine zukünftige, lebende Architektur suchen. Rund um die drei eng miteinander vernetzten Kernthemen "Bioinspiration", "Materiability" und "Intelligence" befasst sich das Buch mit dem Beginn eines neu entstehenden Design-Gebiets, in dem die Symbiose von Physik, Biologie, Informatik und Design die Neudefinition dessen verspricht, was wir heute als Architektur bezeichnen.

In times where the very concept of 'nature' is questioned not only in its philosophical dimension, but in the core of its biological materiality, we need to reconsider the interrelations between architecture and nature. This not only applies to strategies on environmental responsibility but equally on anticipatory human behavior and cultural or demographic variety. To address these challenges this book proposes to embrace the unknown and cultivate the architectural discipline towards an integrated and cross-disciplinary practice. It unravels compelling innovative and forward-thinking design narratives by leading international practitioners and researchers who investigate novel associations between architecture, nature and humanity for a future, alive architecture. Structured around the three closely cross-linked core themes "bioinspiration", "materiability", and "intelligence" the book engages with the starting point of an emerging new design field, where the symbiosis of physics, biology, computing and design promises the redefinition of what we call architecture today.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Foreword / Collet, Carole

Preface / Hovestadt, Ludger

Introduction / Kretzer, Manuel

Bioinspiration

Quasiperiodic Near-Living Systems: Paradigms for Form-Language / Beesley, Philip

Ecology beyond Nature / Pasquero, Claudia / Poletto, Marco

Meteorosensitive Architectures / Menges, Achim / Reichert, Steffen / Krieg, Oliver David

In[form]ations: Digital Matter on Buildings and Cities / Markopoulou, Areti

Building Nature: On Sex and Ducks, Chicken and Shit, Architecture and Apples / Haw, Alex

Conversation

Materiability

Domesticating a World of Printed Physics / Hovestadt, Ludger

Beyond Performance / Kretzer, Manuel

Adapting Matter / Decker, Martina

Bioluminescence: Toward Design with Living Light / Burggraf, Nicola

Smart Materials: Designing a Timescape of Interconnectivity for more Resilient Practices of Inhabitation / Mossé, Aurélie

The Unconventional Electronics Approach to the Internet of Things / Sarik, John

Intelligence

Caught in the Act / Oosterhuis, Kas

Spatial Computing in Interactive Architecture / Dulman, Stefan

Polyomino: The Missing Topology Mechanic / Sanchez, Jose

Architecture and Audience / Bruges, Jason

Approaching Distributed Architectural Ecosystems / Jaskiewicz, Tomasz

Outlook

Adaptive Architecture: Low-Tech, High-Tech, or Both? / Kolarevic, Branko

Postscript

The Quickness of Matter, doped in its Polyalphabetic Textuality: or, The Articulation of Articles, beyond Prescript and Postscript / Bühlmann, Vera

Images. Biographies. Credits

Index. Imprint + Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed January 19, 2015).

ISBN:

3-99043-668-6

OCLC:

898770265