In the beginning of the last century D’Arcy Thompson arose question what is quite related to nowadays. In his book “Growth of Form” he devote a huge part to method of explanation of transformations biological shapes and forms using mathematical methods and physics. In his “Theory of transformations or comparison of related forms” he gave [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
D’Arcy Thompson “Growth of form”. Theory of transformations or comparison of related forms.
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The harvester building cities
from “Emergence: The Connected live of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software” by Steven Berlin Johnson. 2001 Chapter Number 2 – Street Level – Collective intelligence is based on the concept of “swarm logic” where the resolutions and decisions made by individuals are produced from their relationships with others without knowing the outcome or consequences of [...]
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Microstupidity renders macrointelligence
LOCAL INTERACTION + INPUTS OF GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE (THE PLAYER) The video game Lemmings has the basic idea, lemmings have no brains, they have no decision-making mechanisms and for that reason the player has to assing the lemmings some tasks, as they walk constantly around. If there is a stair, they climb, if there is [...]
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Rhizomatic thoughts
“Greg Lynn, Blobwall”, taken from web “< http://www.tba21.org/collection/artist/681/artwork/560> accessed on 22/11/2013″ “Greg Lynn, Blobwall”, taken from web “< http://glform.com/environments/blobwall/> accessed on 22/11/2013″ A thousant Plateaus, Plateau 1; Rhizome, Gilles Deleuze – Felix Guattari, 1987 In this plateau, “Rhizome”, Deleuze and Guattari discuss about different ways of thinking and conception of knowledge in philosophical terms. The [...]
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Parametricism – A New Global Style for Architecture and Urban Design
Patrik Schumacher, 2008 image: Politics of Parametricism, conference by Matthew Poole and Manuel Shvartzberg Patrik Schumacher’s Parametricism – A New Global Style for Architecture and Urban Design is a clear statement of how he visualizes the architecture world today. To him, social complexity defines the relation between architecture and urbanism through parametricism; it is beyond style, it [...]
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