The organic approach to architecture

• Other Authors: Gans, Deborah 1955-, Kuz, Zehra
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester [England] Wiley-Academy 2003
• Subjects: Organic architecture > Congresses; Architecture > Congresses > Environmental aspects; Architecture, Modern > Congresses > 20th century
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• Item Description: "This book began as a symposium, funded by Pratt Institute School of Architecture ..." --T.p. verso
• Physical Description: xxv, 190 pages illustrations (some colour) 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 0470847913; 9780470847916

With its promise of environmental symbiosis, the idea of the organic is re-emerging currently across many fields of science, technology and design. The Organic Approach to Architecture is a multi-disciplinary investigation of emerging forms in the context of ecology, social and physical infrastructures, and electronic technologies. It brings together renowned figures from the fields of architecture, engineering, mathematics, computer graphics, biology and critical theory to share their investigations related to the production and perception of space. Drawn from a symposium organised by the editors Deborah Gans and Zehra Kuz, the chapters and panel discussions address topical issues of genetic technologies, cyber and geometric morphing, environmentalism, landscape and infrastructure.