Digital Morphogenesis
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"Si nos obsesionamos con la necesidad de instruir destrezas de programación repetiremos los errores de los 90’ cuando el CAD (Diseño Asistido por Computadora) igualó al dibujo técnico. Aquellos que desean programar deben ser instruidos... more
A number of essays and interviews published between 1997 and 2008, revised for this edition, which V2_Publishing kindly made available as a complete pdf. The book contains a memorable introduction by the late Detlef Mertins, a number of... more
La rápida e intensiva evolución que han experimentado las tecnologías biológicas y digitales a finales del siglo XX, han producido importantes transformaciones en nuestros hábitos cotidianos y laborales. En el campo específico de la... more
Gaudi was always a crucial point in Architecture and Design history , not just for being part of the most revolutionary modernism movement in the nineteenth century which is Art Nouveau that boosted and casted a lot of the recent emerging... more
What is contemporary architecture? Although it seems to be a simple question, we will soon discover with some discouragement how ambitious and complicated it can be to find an appropriate answer to this question. According to the... more
Among the many emerging discourses and technologies potentially adhering to landscapes, morphogenesis, conceived as an architectural theory, derives materiality, functionality, and form from the biotic world. As part of a discussion of... more
La rápida e intensiva evolución que han experimentado las tecnologías biológicas y digitales a finales del siglo XX, han producido importantes transformaciones en nuestros hábitos cotidianos y laborales. En el campo específico de la... more
In this paper we formulate and define a novel conceptual schema termed MFD: Material-Fabrication-Design. MFD is defined as a computational informing process that enhances tectonic relationships between structure and material within the... more
Post-Anthropocentric Creativity; Call for Submissions, special issue of Digital Creativity, 27:1, January 2016; Guest editors: Stanislav Roudavski and Jon McCormack. This special issue aims to audit existing conceptions of creativity in... more
This paper explores the concepts of multi-criteria optimization in architecture and discusses two different methodological approaches: goal-oriented tech-niques and methods based on computational morphogenesis. The aim of the paper is to... more
Procedural, parametric and generative computer-supported techniques in combination with mass customization and automated fabrication enable holistic manipulation in silico and the subsequent production of increasingly complex... more
The paper discusses the implementation of a multi-agent system as an integral component of a hybrid, digital-physical architectural environment. It contributes to the existing practice-based architectural research in two ways: 1) by... more
This article considers how the concepts and practice of digital architectural design can influence early architectural education.The article approaches this topic through one example, the Virtual Environments course – a constituent of the... more
La creciente evolución de la tecnología digital está produciendo cambios asombrosos en nuestra sociedad. Un confuso panorama todavía no muy bien definido, generador de grandes controversias, de donde surgen defensores y detractores. Los... more
This talk approaches the Goethean Morphology as the forerunner of contemporary techniques of pattern generation via natural computing and computer graphics. I propose to read Goethe’s Morphology as an original device of reduction,... more
In dieser Arbeit werden folgende Themen zueinander in Bezug gesetzt: Shoei Yoh, Odawara and Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium; Frei Otto, Multihalle Mannheim; Neri Oxman, Form Follows Flow und das Themenfeld Morphogenesis and Emergence von Michael... more
How does an architect use a sheet of paper and a digital system? Paper is a two-dimensional support on which the architect carries out the creative drawing process. However, if we fold the paper, the architect is now able to begin to... more
Η αρχιτεκτονική ήταν και είναι πάντα προϊόν του καιρού της. Στο κείμενο που αναπτύσσω περιγράφω τη σχέση φύσης και αρχιτεκτονικής, όπως αυτή αναδύεται από τη χρήση ψηφιακών μέσων και τεχνικών. Αναφέρομαι μέσω δύο παραδειγμάτων, τόσο στα... more
Since the time of Alan Turing's death, in the early nineteen-fifties, largely due to beliefs spawned by Turing's formative work into machine intelligence, dreams that the design process can be automated by an artificial system, have been... more
How does an architect use a sheet of paper and a digital system? Paper is a two-dimensional support on which the architect carries out the creative drawing process. However, if we fold the paper, the architect is now able to begin to... more
Based upon a completed practice-based research project, this paper presents informa- tion on the design process and computational methods used to develop advanced adap- tive geometries in relationship to behavioural goals, criteria and... more
A book showcasing ideas, projects, designs and courses united by the theme of Investigative Designing (and digital architectural design). Realised at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne. Paper... more
How does an architect use a sheet of paper and a digital system? Paper is a two-dimensional support on which the architect carries out the creative drawing process. However, if we fold the paper, the architect is now able to begin to... more
Como diseñadores, durante siglos hemos intentado “humanizar el espacio de la naturaleza”, geometrizando a esta por la fuerza: hemos cortado, cepillado y desbastado todo lo natural, para encasillar nuestras obras en banales estructuras de... more
Σχετικά πρόσφατα, και μετά την έντονη επιρροή του Γάλλου διανοητή G.Deleuze, παρατηρείται στην αρχιτεκτονική η χρήση των «τοπολογικών επιφανειών». Ο χώρος γίνεται αντιληπτός, ως τοπολογικά μορφοποιημένος. Αναπροσδιορίζεται ως περιοχή... more
Characterised by a concise style, made up of simple phrases that aim at clarity and scientific effectiveness, the brief introduction of The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis by Alan Turing already includes all of the themes which will be... more
Cities as organisms in constant transformation can be described with the aid of models based on dynamic and complex systems. Among the different possibilities, we will analyse Alan Turing's morphogenetic model as an exemplary case: it has... more
Dans un précédent article, nous annoncions que l’architecture computationnelle, les approches évolutionnaire et morphogénétique – mettant l’accent sur les processus d’autopoïèse, d’auto-organisation ou d’émergence -, embrassent le... more
The increasing complexity in architectural design brought a parallel evolution of tools for shape generation and management. Digital tools which better fulfil this need are the generative design software.The aim of this work is finding... more
Based upon a completed practice-based research project, this paper presents information on the design process and computational methods used to develop advanced adaptive geometries in relationship to behavioural goals, criteria and... more
In this study, we examine cell regeneration with cellular automata. Cellular automata was first introduced by Von Neumann, who determined the working principles of today's computer architecture to model the self-renewal capabilities of... more
Η χειρονομία είναι η κίνηση των χεριών που αντικαθιστά ή συνοδεύει την ομιλία. Είναι η συνθηματική κίνηση των χεριών, με την οποία μεταφέρεται πληροφορία, είναι μια ενέργεια που δηλώνει πρόθεση ή διάθεση. Αυτό που χειρονομεί έχει κάποιο... more
The main intention of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework for an integrated design methodology which incorporates natural morhogenetic principles for the realisation of fibre composite structures. Stress, in these processes,... more