ALIVE

In times where the very concept of 'nature' is questioned not only in its philosophical dimension, but in the core of its biological materiality, we need to reconsider the interrelations between architecture and nature. This not only applies to strategies on environmental responsibility but equally on anticipatory human behavior and cultural or demographic variety.

To address these challenges this book proposes to embrace the unknown and cultivate the architectural discipline towards an integrated and cross-disciplinary practice. It unravels compelling innovative and forward-thinking design narratives by leading international practitioners and researchers who investigate novel associations between architecture, nature and humanity for a future, alive architecture. Structured around the three closely cross-linked core themes "bioinspiration", "materiability", and "intelligence" the book engages with the starting point of an emerging new design field, where the symbiosis of physics, biology, computing and design promises the redefinition of what we call architecture today.

Autorentext

Manuel Kretzer ist Forscher, Lehrer und Doktorand an der ETH. Ludger Hovestadt leitet das Inst. für CAD an der ETH.

Inhalt

Foreword: Carole Collet; Preface: Ludger Hovestadt; Introduction: Manuel Kretzer; Chapter 1: Bioinspiration; Philip Beesley, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, Achim Menges, Steffen Reichert and Oliver David Krieg, Areti Markopoulou, Alex Haw; Chapter 2: Materiability Ludger Hovestadt, Manuel Kretzer, Martina Decker, Nicola Burggraf, Aurélie Mossé, John Sarik; Chapter 3: Intelligence
Kas Oosterhuis, Stefan Dulman, Jose Sanchez, Jason Bruges, Tomasz Jaskiewicz; Outlook: Branko Kolarevic; Postscript: Vera Bühlmann