Rhizome is a philosophical term used to describe the relations and connectivity of things. The authors Deleuze and Guattari, have assigned this term “rhizome” referring to a relation like that of roots. They spread underground with no direction, no beginning, and no end. They are dispersed. It is opposed to the idea of a tree [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Rhizome- Deleuze | Guattari
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Parametricism – A Method, a Style
Patrick Schumaker – Parametricism A new Global Tyle of Architecture and Urban Design Schumaker explains his theory on Parametricism as a new style. Based on the notion that a style is recognized as the convergence of research and approach to architecture done by several architects over the las two decades. In saying this, he supports [...]
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T1- On growth and form – D’Arcy W. Thompson
Part and whole; connections and interactions FORM – A WHOLE or PARTS? The topic of debate seem to be whether “forms” (in general) are a result of a general rule (a whole) that contains or parts that mould the whole. D’Arcy Thompson in his book On Growth and form describes how the form [...]
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Mark Wigley_The Architecture of Atmosphere
In his writing on Architecture and Atmosphere Mark Wigley is arguing several fundamental to the architectural practice concepts: the importance of atmosphere and what really creates it in a project, architectural representation of atmosphere and how it differs with the diverse design scales: from a city to a building. The long tradition of architectural [...]
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Architects and Architecture Machines
The notions of Robotics in architecture put forward in Nicholas Negroponte’s ‘toward a theory of architecture machines’ play with the idea that machines come from an intelligent creator and they “perform well when told exactly how to do something”. As it stands now, machines are used for the monotonous tasks of design, the real design [...]
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