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BL
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877368
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Hensel, Michael.
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Emergent technologies and design /\ Michael Hensel, Achim Menges and Michael Weinstock.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxon [U.K.] ;New York, NY :: Routledge,, 2010.
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1 online resource (256 pages) :: illustrations (chiefly color)
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1134721447
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: 1315881292
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: 9781134721443
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: 9781315881294
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0415493439
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0415493447
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9780415493437
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9780415493444
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Theoretical framework; Chapter 1: Evolution and computation; Chapter 2: Material systems, computational morphogenesis and performative capacity; Chapter 3: Material systems and environmental dynamics feedback; Part 2: esearch; Chapter 4: Fibres; Chapter 5: Textiles; Chapter 6: Nets; Chapter 7: Lattices; Chapter 8: Branches; Chapter 9: Cells; Chapter 10: Mass components; Chapter 11: Casts; Chapter 12: Aggregates; Bibliography; Project credits; Author biographies; Index.
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| Abstract
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Emergence - the process by which new and coherent structures, patterns and properties 'emerge' from within complex systemsTraditional architecture starts from the premise that architectural structures are singular and fixed, and however well integrated are separate from their environment and context. Emergence requires that the opposite is true - that those structures are complex energy and material systems that have a lifespan, exist as part of an environment of other active systems, and develop in an evolutionary way. This book, based on the authors' internationally renowned Emergent Technolo.
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Architectural design.
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Architecture and technology.
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Architecture-- Technological innovations.
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Design and technology.
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Design-- Technological innovations.
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Architectural design.
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Architecture and technology.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Buildings-- Public, Commercial Industrial.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Project Management.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Security Design.
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Architecture-- Technological innovations.
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Design and technology.
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Design-- Technological innovations.
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| Dewey Classification
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721
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NA2543.T43H46 2010eb
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Menges, Achim.
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Weinstock, Michael.
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