INTRODUCTION: ECOLOGICAL URBAN ARCHITECTURE -- LOW-TECH VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE -- (ENVIRONMENTAL) MACHINE FOR LIVING -- MATERIAL ECOLOGY -- TECHNO-SCIENCE -- GREEN, LITERAL -- TRANSFORM -- (RE)EXAMINING THE CITY -- CASE STUDIES: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING ECOLOGICAL URBAN ARCHITECTURE -- VAUBAN, FREIBURG, GERMANY -- IDEAS AND IDEALS -- TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION -- CRITIQUE -- SOLARCITY, LINZ, AUSTRIA -- IDEAS AND IDEALS -- TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION -- CRITIQUE -- VALDESPARTERA, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN -- IDEAS AND IDEALS -- TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION -- CRITIQUE -- SARRIGUREN, PAMPLONA, SPAIN -- IDEAS AND IDEALS -- TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION -- CRITIQUE -- BO01, MALMÖ, SWEDEN -- IDEAS AND IDEALS -- TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTATION -- CRITIQUE -- MATERIALIZE -- MATERIAL INTEGRATION: ARCHITECTURE IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT -- MATERIAL EFFICIENCY: DEMATERIALIZE -- ENERGY EFFICIENCY:-REMATERIALIZE -- THERMAL EFFICIENCY: THE IMMATERIAL -- THE PRACTICE OF SUSTAINABILITY -- URBAN INTEGRATION -- AVOIDING FOSSIL ENERGY -- VENTILATION -- COOLING -- SOLAR PROTECTION AND THERMAL INSULATION -- ARCHITECTURE AS USER INTERFACE -- TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE -- MATERIALLY INFORMED COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN IN ECOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE -- COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN -- DESIGN COMPUTATION AND MATERIALIZATION -- WOOD -- BIOTIC ROOFTOPS FOR ECOLOGICAL URBAN ARCHITECTURE -- ROOF = REFUGIUM -- ROOF = GROUND -- ROOF = FARM -- BIOTIC ROOFTOPS FOR ECOLOGICA L URBAN ARCHITECTURE -- MOBILIZE -- MOBILIZING CONNECTIVITY: MOBILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIETY -- INTEGRATED MOBILITY SYSTEMS -- INTERDEPENDENT MOBILITY: THE MASDAR CONCEPT -- HOLISTIC OUTLOOK: MOBILITY OF ENERGY -- DE-iNFRASTRUCTURING CITIES - TOWARD A NEW URBAN FRAMEWORK -- MIXED-USE DENSIFICATION AND ALTERNATIVES TO CAR-BASED MOBILITY.

RECONSIDERING ROAD. INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT -- REMOVING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY -- RELATIONAL URBANISM: A SYSTEMiC APPROACH TO URBAN DESIGN -- EMERGING GLOBAL REGIONS AND THE PROCESSUAL PARADIGMS -- TYPOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTION -- RELATIONAL MODELING AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FLEXIBILITY IN URBAN SYSTEMS -- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY LANDSCAPES: THE POWER OF IMAGINATION -- SOURCES AND SINKS -- SYSTEM SIZE -- SYMBIOSIS -- DIFFERENTIATION OF NICHES -- FOOD CHAIN -- STORAGE -- BIORHYTHM -- WAYS OF TRANSITION: FROM BIOSPHERE TO TECHNOSPHERE -- SIMULATE -- A NEW SYNTHESIS -- PARAMETERIZE: REVOLUTION OF CHOICE -- SIMULATE: DYNAMIC SCENARIO PLANNING -- SYNTHETIC PROCESSES -- BEYOND BENCHMARKS -- MODELING THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE CITIES -- WHY SIMULATE? -- SIMULATION IN PLANNING -- THE DISTRICT SCALE -- THE CITY SCALE -- THE SYSTEM SCALE -- A CAVEAT -- DISTRICT SCALE CASE STUDY: HARVARD ALLSTON -- CITY SCALE CASE STUDY: PLANYC -- SIMULATING INTERDEPENDENT COMPLEXITY: BEYOND PRESCRIPTIVE ZONING -- SIMULTANEITY: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- INVESTIGATING SIMULTANEITY: DAYLIGHTING AND LOT LINES -- CONVERGENT SOLUTIONS AND THE DESIGNER'S ROLE -- EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE HIGH-DENSITY ENVIRONMENTS -- HIGH-DENSITY ENVIRONMENTS AND ECOLOGY -- CONCEPTS AND TOOLS: EVOLUTION, INFORMATION, AND PARAMETERIZATION -- RESEARCH METHODS -- DOCUMENTATION: URBAN SPACE TYPOLOGIES -- EVALUATIVE FRAMEWORK: URBAN SPACE ATTRIBUTES -- CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: GEOMETRY, USE, AND ECOLOGY FRAMEWORKS -- QUALITATIVE VALUES OF ECOLOGICAL VIABILITY -- MAPPING THE PROCESS -SUSIE -- TRANSFORM -- TRANSFORMATION OF USE: EXPOSING POTENTIAL -- ADAPTIVE REUSE ON THE URBAN SCALE -- MATERIAL REUSE -- MINING THE SITE -- MAXIMAL IMPACT.

THE NECESSITY OF ALL SCALES. PLANETARY DESIGN IN THE AGE OF GLOBALITY -- INTERSECTING ECOLOGIES -- PORTABLE LIGHT: MOBILIZING DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE -- RIVERFIRST: MESHING PHYSICAL ACCESS AND WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY -- NEW PARADIGMS FOR DESIGN -- NEW PERSPECTIVES: TAKING STOCK OF GREEN -- INTERDEPENDENT DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS -- A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR ECOLOGICAL URBAN ARCHITECTURE -- APPENDIX -- ON THE AUTHOR AND THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX OF NAMES -- SUBJECT INDEX.