Complexity : Design Strategy and World View.
Title:
Complexity : Design Strategy and World View.
Author:
Bellut, Clemens.
ISBN:
9783034609692
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (128 pages)
Series:
Context Architecture
Contents:
EDITORIAL -- CONTEXT IN ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION EXCERPTS FROM M.F.A. THESIS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, 1950 -- CONTEXT AND COMPLEXITY -- "THE DIFFICULT WHOLE," OR THE (RE)DISCOVERY OF COMPLEXITY IN ARCHITECTURE -- POPPER'S MOSQUITO SWARM: ARCHITECTURE, CYBERNETICS, AND THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF COMPLEXITY -- ALGORITHMIC COMPLEXITY: OUT OF NOWHERE -- STRATEGIES FOR SHAPING COMPLEXITY IN NATURE, SOCIETY, AND ARCHITECTURE -- COMPLEXITY AND CLIMATE -- "ACH, LUISE, LASS ... DAS IST EIN ZU WEITES FELD," OR: THE GORDIAN KNOT OF COMPLEXITY -- Appendix -- Selected Literature -- Illustration Credits -- Biographies.
Abstract:
Today it is complexity studies, with their starting point in physics, that define the current approach to the concept of complexity. They have established a new connection between the natural sciences and information technology and have thus become a central premise of computer-based approaches to design.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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