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Techniques and Technologies in Morphogenetic Design

Michael Hensel (Editor), Achim Menges (Editor), Michael Weinstock (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-01529-2
Paperback
128 pages
May 2006
US $60.00 Add to Cart
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Editorial (Helen Castle).

Introduction: Towards Self-O rganisational and Multiple- Performance Capacity in Architecture (Michael Hensel).

Computing Self-Organisation: Environmentally Sensitive Growth Modelling (Michael Hensel).

(Synthetic) Life Architectures: Ramifications and Potentials of a Literal Biological Paradigm for Architectural Design (Michael Hensel).

Self-Organisation and the Structural Dynamics of Plants (Michael Weinstock).

Self-Organisation and Material Constructions (Michael Weinstock).

Instrumental Geometry (Achim Menges).

Advanced Simulation in Design (Michael Weinstock + Nikolaos Stathopoulos).

D i f f e rentiation and Performance: Multi- Performance Architectures and Modulated Environments (Michael Hensel + Achim Menges).

Manufacturing Diversity (Achim Menges).

Polymorphism (Achim Menges).

Material and Digital Design Synthesis (Michael Hensel + Achim Menges).

Interior Eye: Plus, Plus Ça Change at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (Jayne Merkel).

Building Profile: Dirk Cove (Jeremy Melvin).

Home Run: Clarion Quay (Robert Payne).

Practice Profile: Metrogramma (Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi).

McLean’s Nuggets (Will McLean).

Site Lines: Australian Wildlife Health Centre, Healesville Sanctuary, Melbourne (Leon van Schaik).