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The Routledge Companion to Paradigms of Performativity in Design and Architecture focuses on a non-linear, multilateral, ethical way of design thinking, positioning the design process as a journey. It expands on the multiple facets and paradigms of performative design thinking as an emerging trend in design methodology.
This edited collection explores the meaning of performativity by examining its relevance in conjunction with three fundamental principles: firmness, commodity and delight. The scope and broader meaning of performativity, performative architecture and performance-based building design are discussed in terms of how they influence today's design thinking.
With contributions from 44 expert practitioners, educators and researchers, this volume engages theory, history, technology and the human aspects of performative design thinking and its implications for the future of design.
List of contents
Preface: Paradigms of Performativity, as a Journey as destination in Today's Design-Thinking Foreword: 'Unchained' Introduction: Performance Engrained Prologue: Works at Work 1 Performances of Architectures and Environments: En Route to a Theory and Framework 2 Social Performativity: Architecture's Contribution to Societal Progress 3 Informing Form: The Influence of Morphogenesis and Performativity in Practice 4 Architecture of Change: Towards Transformable Architecture 5 Dynamic Aesthetics and Advanced Geometries: The Meaning of Style and Form-making in Performative Design 6 The Paradoxes of Performative Architecture: Toward a New Discipline and a New Agenda for the Profession 7 Poetics of Design Beyond Intelligences: The Meaning of Embodied Aesthetics and Simulation of Mood in Performative Design and Architecture 7.1 Poetics of Design: A House Is a Tree Is an Insect Is a Computer Is a Human 7.2 Poetics and More in Performative Architecture: Towards a Neuroscience of Dynamic Experience and Design 8 The Cognitive Dimension: The Role of Research in Performative Design Processes 8.1 The Theory 8.2 Theory Put into Research Practice 9 Integrated Design Thinking: Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in Performative Design Methodology 9.1 The Theory 9.2 Research Case Studies 10 Performative Biotechnical Forms: Culturalizing the Microbiota from High-Tech to Bio-Tech Architecture
About the author
Mitra Kanaani. D.Arch, MCP, FAIA, is the Professor of Design, Research and Tectonics and former Chair at NewSchool of Architecture & Design, San Diego. She is an editor and author, an activist with the Education Is Not a Crime and Education Under Fire movements and an Affiliated Global Faculty of the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) Architecture Program.
Summary
The Routledge Companion to Paradigms of Performativity in Design and Architecture focuses on a non-linear, multilateral, ethical way of design thinking, positioning the design process as a journey. It expands on the multiple facets and paradigms of performative design thinking as an emerging trend in design methodology.
