UID:
kobvindex_INTEBC3572439
Umfang:
1 online resource (384 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783110403732
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Vibrant Matter in Practice -- 1.3 Dynamic Droplets -- 1.4 Hylozoic Ground -- 1.5 Vibrant Venice -- 1.6 Vibrant Cities -- 1.7 Manifesto for Vibrant Architecture -- 1.8 Speculative Narratives -- 1.9 Summary -- 2 Definitions -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Aim of Research -- 2.3 Process Philosophy -- 2.4 Complexity -- 2.5 Actant -- 2.6 Assemblage -- 2.7 Nature -- 2.8 Millennial Nature -- 2.9 Post-natural -- 2.10 Ecology -- 2.11 Technology -- 2.12 Machines -- 2.13 Ecological Living Technology -- 2.13.1 Living Technology -- 2.13.2 Ecological Technology -- 2.14 Synthetic Biology -- 2.15 Synthetic Ecology -- 2.16 Protocell -- 2.17 Natural Computing -- 2.17.1 Unconventional Computing -- 2.17.2 Morphological Computing -- 2.18 Vibrant Matter -- 2.18.1 Slowness -- 2.18.2 Porosity -- 2.18.3 Inorganic Sympathy -- 2.19 Vibrant Architecture -- 2.20 Summary -- 3 Literature Survey -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Information Sources -- 3.3 Critical Context -- 3.3.1 Overview -- 3.3.2 Organicism -- 3.3.3 Bio Design -- 3.3.4 Vibrant Matter -- 3.3.5 Morphological Computing -- 3.4 Summary -- 4 Method -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Multidisciplinary Approach -- 4.3 Action Research -- 4.4 Speculative Practice -- 4.5 Morphological Computing -- 4.6 Summary -- 5 Vibrant Matter in Practice -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 The Dynamic Nature of Matter -- 5.3 Summary -- 6 Dynamic Droplets -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 Identifying a Suitable Model System for Vibrant Matter -- 6.3 Dynamic Droplets as Vibrant Matter -- 6.4 Characterizing the Bütschli Dynamic Droplet System -- 6.4.1 Bütschli System Preparation -- 6.4.2 Bütschli System General Observations -- 6.4.3 Stages of Bütschli Droplet Development -- 6.4.3.1 Birth: Field of Fire and Ice -- 6.4.3.2 Birth: Shells -- 6.4.3.3 Life: Organizing Droplets
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15.2 The Greatest Alluvian Poet That Ever Lived -- 16 Conclusion -- 16.1 Overview -- 16.2 The Agency of Matter -- 16.3 A Recipe for Vibrant Architecture: An Experimental Approach -- 16.4 Embodying Complexity -- 16.5 Site-specific Exploration of an Emerging Technological Platform -- 16.6 Scaling ELT to Urban Dimensions -- 16.7 Speculative Narratives as a Means of Exploring Innovation Space -- 16.8 Manifesto for Vibrant Architecture -- 16.9 Designing with Vibrant Matter -- 16.9.1 Design with Probability -- 16.9.2 Process As Material -- 16.9.3 Design Characteristics of Lifelike Systems -- 16.10 Vibrant Matter as Technology -- 16.11 Procurement and Infrastructure -- 16.12 Challenges -- 16.13 What Next? -- 16.13.1 Theory -- 16.13.2 Experiment -- 16.13.3 Practice -- 16.4 From Here to There: Towards a Practice of Vibrant Architecture -- References -- List of Figures -- List of Movies -- List of Tables -- Index
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6.4.3.3.1 Primary Morphologies -- 6.4.3.3.1.1 Droplet -- 6.4.3.3.1.2 Droplet with Osmotic Product -- 6.4.3.3.1.3 Droplet with Extended Osmotic Product -- 6.4.3.3.1.4 Microtubes -- 6.4.3.3.1.5 Compound Structures -- 6.4.3.3.2 Primary Behaviours -- 6.4.3.3.2.1 Interfacing -- 6.4.3.3.2.2 Mirroring -- 6.4.3.3.2.3 Satellites -- 6.4.3.3.2.4 Chains -- 6.4.3.3.2.5 Populations -- 6.4.3.4 Death: Quiescence -- 6.5 Exploring the Technological Potential of Bütschli Droplets -- 6.5.1 Manipulating the Bütschli System Using Morphological Computing Techniques -- 6.5.1.1 Changing Internal Conditions -- 6.5.1.2 Changing External Conditions -- 6.5.1.2.1 Acetone -- 6.5.1.2.2 Ethanol -- 6.5.1.2.3 Butan-1-ol -- 6.5.1.2.4 2-propanol -- 6.5.1.2.5 1-octanol -- 6.6 Unexpected Insights Into the Nature of Vibrant Matter -- 6.6.1 Locomotion -- 6.6.2 Self-replication -- 6.7 Summary of Findings Related to the Technological Potential of the Bütschli System -- 6.8 Bütschli Droplets as a Potential Drawing Technology -- 6.9 Ontological and Epistemological Issues Raised by Bütschli Droplets -- 6.10 Observations Made with Respect to the Ontology and Epistemological Issues of Bütschl -- 6.11 Summary -- 7 'A Short Story of a Short Life' -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 A Short Story of a Short Life -- 8 'Hylozoic Ground' -- 8.1 Overview -- 8.2 An Exploration of Vibrant Matter in an Architectural Design Context -- 8.3 Hylozoic Ground at the Canadian Pavilion, Venice -- 8.4 Hylozoic Ground Dynamic Chemistries -- 8.4.1 Incubator Flasks: Modified Bütschli System -- 8.4.2 'Carbon Eater' Flasks with Carbon-fixing Oil Droplets or 'Protopearls' -- 8.4.3 Liesegang Ring Plates: Vertical Diffusion-Precipitation Fields -- 8.4.4 Hygroscopic Islands -- 8.5 Modifications of the Hylozoic Ground Chemistries -- 8.5.1 Hygroscopic Preparation -- 8.5.2 BIO·FICTION Installation
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8.6 Design Principles -- 8.7 The importance of Infrastructure -- 8.8 Infrastructure Experiments -- 8.8.1 Liesegang Scaffolding Preparation -- 8.8.2 Traube Scaffolding Preparation -- 8.8.3 Scaffold Experiment Observations -- 8.9 Hylozoic Ground and the Architectural Transferability of ELT-informed Design Principles -- 8.10 Ontological and Epistemological Questions Raised by the Hylozoic Ground Chemistries -- 8.11 Summary -- 9 'Biolime: Mock Rock' -- 9.1 Overview -- 9.2 Biolime: Mock Rock -- 10 Vibrant Venice: Designing with Vibrant Matter -- 10.1 Overview -- 10.2 Future-proofing Architecture -- 10.3 Venice as a Case Study for Urban-Scale Design with Vibrant Matter -- 10.4 ELT as a Next Generation Technology in Venice's Survival Portfolio -- 10.5 Chemically Programming the Fabric of Venice -- 10.6 Experiments on Programmable Droplets -- 10.6.1 Droplet Design -- 10.6.1.1 Barium Protopearls -- 10.6.1.2 Calcium Protopearls -- 10.6.2 Protopearl Interactions with Other Materials -- 10.6.2.1 Brick -- 10.6.2.2 Wood -- 10.6.2.3 Concrete -- 10.6.2.4 Steel -- 10.6.3 Observations -- 10.7 Further Development of Dynamic Droplets -- 10.8 ELT and Environmental Responsiveness -- 10.9 Photographic Survey of the Biological 'Stones' of Venice -- 10.10 Vibrant Venice: Weaving a Post-natural Fabric -- 10.11 Ethics, Control and Grey Goo -- 10.12 Summary -- 11 'Post-natural Venice' -- 11.1 Overview -- 11.2 Post-natural Venice -- 12 Vibrant Cities -- 12.1 Overview -- 12.2 Soils as ELT -- 12.3 Architecture As a Site for Ecological Revival -- 12.4 Soils as Architectural Infrastructure and Technology -- 12.5 Summary -- 13 'Japan: 2060' -- 13.1 Overview -- 13.2 Japan: 2060 -- 14 Manifesto For Vibrant Architecture -- 14.1 Overview -- 14.2 Manifesto for Vibrant Architecture -- 15 'The Greatest Alluvian Poet That Ever Lived' -- 15.1 Overview
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Armstrong, Rachel Vibrant Architecture Warschau/Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,c2015 ISBN 9783110403725
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Englisch
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