Toward A Living Architecture?: Complexism And Biology In Generative Design Christina Cogdell University Of Minnesota Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts

A Bold And Unprecedented Look At Cutting-Edge Movement In Architecturetoward Living Architecture? Is The First Book-Length Critique Of Emerging Field Generative Architecture Its Nexus With Computation Biology Complexity Starting From Assertion That We Should Take Architects\ Rhetoric Sustainability Seriously Christina Cogdell Examines Their Claims Standpoints Sciences They Draw On-Complex Systems Theory Evolutionary Genetics Epigenetics Synthetic She Reveals Significant Disconnects While Also Pointing To Approaches Projects Potential For Further Development Arguing Architectural Design Today Often Only Masquerades As Sustainable Demonstrates How Language Some Practitioners Educators Can Mislead Students Clients Into Thinking Are Getting Something Biological When Not Narrative Moves Computational Toward Current Practice Visionary Futures Uses Life-Cycle Analysis Baseline Parsing Material Energetic Pollution Differences Between Different Digital Construction Contrary Green-Tech Advocates Questions Whether Quartzite-Based Silicon Technologies Reliance On Rare Earth Metals Currently Designed Much Longer Challenging Common Projections Computationally Manufactured Future Moreover Critiquing Contemporary Science Historical Vantage Point Similarities Eugenic 1930S Aims Architects Engineering Biologists Each Chapter Addresses School Or Program Exploring Distinct Aspect Corresponding Scientific No Other Book Critiques By Evaluating Disjunction Actual Based Author\ S Years Research Studios Labs This Field-Building Does Less Than Definitively Unsparingly Explain Role Natural Within Σελίδες: 296 Διαστάσεις: 17 8X17 8Cm