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Soft Living Architecture explores the invention of new architectures based on living processes. It crafts a unique intersection between two fast-developing disciplines: biomimicry and biodesign in architecture, and bioinformatics and natural computing in the natural sciences.This is the first book to examine both the theory and methodology of architecture and design working directly with the natural world. It explores a range of approaches from the use of life-like systems in building design to the employment of actual growing and living cell and tissue cultures as architectural materials - creating architecture that can change, learn and grow with us. The use of living architecture' is cutting-edge and speculative, yet it is also inspiring a growing number of designers worldwide to adopt alternative perspectives on sustainability and environmental design. The book examines the ethical and theoretical issues arising alongside case-studies of experimental practice, to explore w

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PART I: THEORY 1. The nature of nature 2. Experimental architecture 3. Natural computing in practice 4. Aesthetics, ethics and values PART II: PRACTICE 5. Architectural experiments – an exposé of method 6. Projects 7. Designing nature References Index

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
      Published 1 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9781350011359
      978-1350011359
      ISBN-10 1350011355
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Soft Living Architecture explores the invention of new architectures based on living processes. It crafts a unique intersection between two fast-developing disciplines: biomimicry and biodesign in architecture, and bioinformatics and natural computing in the natural sciences.This is the first book to examine both the theory and methodology of architecture and design working directly with the natural world. It explores a range of approaches from the use of life-like systems in building design to the employment of actual growing and living cell and tissue cultures as architectural materials - creating architecture that can change, learn and grow with us. The use of living architecture' is cutting-edge and speculative, yet it is also inspiring a growing number of designers worldwide to adopt alternative perspectives on sustainability and environmental design. The book examines the ethical and theoretical issues arising alongside case-studies of experimental practice, to explore w

      Table of Contents
      PART I: THEORY 1. The nature of nature 2. Experimental architecture 3. Natural computing in practice 4. Aesthetics, ethics and values PART II: PRACTICE 5. Architectural experiments – an exposé of method 6. Projects 7. Designing nature References Index

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