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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462963803321

Autore

Hensel Michael

Titolo

Emergent technologies and design / / Michael Hensel, Achim Menges and Michael Weinstock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon, [U.K.] ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

1-315-88129-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MengesAchim

WeinstockMichael

Disciplina

721

Soggetti

Architecture and technology

Architecture - Technological innovations

Design and technology

Design - Technological innovations

Architectural design

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Theoretical framework -- part 2. Research.

Sommario/riassunto

Emergence - the process by which new and coherent structures, patterns and properties 'emerge' from within complex systemsTraditional 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' internati