Computational Design Thinking - Computation Design Thinking

Informationen zum Autor Professor Achim Menges is Director of the Institute for Computational Design at Stuttgart University. Currently he is also Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and Visiting Professor for the Emergent Technologies and Design Programme at the Architectural Association in London. Sean Ahlquist is a research associate at the Institute for Computational Design at Stuttgart University. He has taught at University of California Berkeley and California College of the Arts and founded the design firm, Proces2. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Emergent Technologies and Design Programme at the Architectural Association in London. Klappentext Computational Design Thinking, AD Reader Edited by Achim Menges and Sean Ahlquist The current transition from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Computational Design in architecture represents a profound shift in design thinking and methods. Representation is being replaced by simulation, and the crafting of objects is moving towards the generation of integrated systems through designer-authored computational processes. While there is a particular history of such an approach in architecture, its relative newness requires the continued progression of novel modes of design thinking for the architect of the 21st century. This AD Reader establishes a foundation for such thinking.  It includes multifaceted reflections and speculations on the profound influence of computational paradigms on architecture. It presents relevant principles from the domains of mathematics and computer science, developmental and evolutionary biology, system science and philosophy, establishing a discourse for computational design thinking in architecture. Rather than a merely technical approach, the book will discuss essential intellectual concepts that are fundamental not only for a discourse on computational design but also for its practice. This anthology provides a unique collection of seminal texts by authors, who have either provided a significant starting point through which a computational approach to design has been pursued or have played a considerable role in shaping the field. An important aspect of this book is the manner in which adjacent fields and historical texts are connected. Both the source of original inspiration and scientific thought are presented alongside contemporary writings on the continually evolving computational design discourse. Emerging from the field of science, principally the subjects of morphogenesis, evolution and mathematics, selected texts provide a historical basis for a reconfigured mindset of processes that generate, arrange and describe form. Juxtaposed against more contemporary statements regarding the influence of computation on design thinking, the book offers advancements of fundamental texts to the particular purpose of establishing novel thought processes for architecture, theoretically and practically. The first reader to provide an effective framework for computational thinking in design. Includes classic texts by Johan W. von Goethe, D'Arcy Thompson, Ernst Mayr, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Gordan Pask, Christopher Alexander, John H. Holland, Nicholas Negroponte, William Mitchell, Peter J. Bentley & David W. Corne, Sanford Kwinter, John Frazer, Kostis Terzidis, Michael Weinstock and Achim Menges Features new writing by: Mark Burry, Jane Burry, Manuel DeLanda and Peter Trummer. Zusammenfassung The current transition from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Computational Design in architecture represents a profound shift in design thinking and methods. Representation is being replaced by simulation, and the crafting of objects is moving towards the generation of integrated systems through designer-authored computational processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Achim Menges and Sean Ah...

List of contents

Foreword
 
Achim Menges and Sean Ahlquist
 
Introduction
 
Computational Design Thinking
 
Sean Ahlquist and Achim Menges
 
Formation and Transformation
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
On the Theory of Transformations, Or the Comparison of Related Forms
 
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
 
Variational Evolution
 
Ernst Mayr
 
The Meaning of General System Theory
 
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
 
Systems Generating Systems
 
Christopher Alexander
 
The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics
 
Gordon Pask
 
Towards a Humanism Through Machines
 
Nicholas Negroponte
 
A New Agenda for Computer-Aided Design
 
William J Mitchell
 
Algorithmic Form
 
Kostas Terzidis
 
Architecture and Practical Design Computation
 
Mark Burry
 
An Introduction to Creative Evolutionary Systems
 
Peter J Bentley and David W Corne
 
Constrained Generating Procedures
 
John H Holland
 
Real Virtuality
 
Manuel DeLanda
 
A Natural Model for Architecture
 
John Frazer
 
Morphogenesis and the Mathematics of Emergence
 
Michael Weinstock
 

Philosophy of Mathematics for Computational Design:
 
Spatial Intuition Versus Logic
 
Jane Burry
 
Associative Design: From Type to Population
 
Peter Trummer
 
Integral Formation and Materialisation:
 
Computational Form and Material Gestalt
 
Achim Menges
 
The Computational Fallacy
 
Sanford Kwinter
 
Select Bibliography
 
Index

Product details

• Authors: Sean Ahlquist, Ahlquist Sean, Achi Menges, Achim Menges, Achim Ahlquist Menges, Menges Achim
• Assisted by: Sean Ahlquist (Editor), Achim Menges (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780470665657
• ISBN: 978-0-470-66565-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: AD Reader; AD Reader
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architektur, Bauwerk, Architecture, Allg. Architektur