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T4- Emergence, streets level – Steven Johnson

          ‘Human intelligence is only one measure to evolutionary success.’           Steven Johnson brings us into emergence by looking at the swarm logic of the ants. In the ant colonies we can observe how abounding elements can construct a complex yet efficient system. The main aspect of [...]

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No More Inside No More Outside

    <Tarzan in the Media Forest> – Toyo Ito   In the chapter ‘Learning from a Tree’, Toyo Ito starts with a demolition of a functional hospital building for a high rise construction for ‘economic development’. Albeit the disappointment he gathered three young ‘Tarzans’ to look into a possibility to establish a high rise [...]

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