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1 online resource (243 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Two Spheres; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction and Acknowledgments; Foreword by Ken Hall; Prologue; Part One: Scoping Complexity; 1. Postindustrial Emergence; Precept One: Three Epochs; Precept Two: The Chasm; Precept Three: The Complex Whole; Precept Four: The Physical and Strategic Spheres of Design; The Shape of Sections to Come; 2. Scoping Complexity; Complexity: Tangles, Tandems, and Tapestries; Looking Outward: Complexity and Science; Looking Back: Complexity and Postindustrial Progress; Looking Within: Complexity and Philosophy |
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Looking Forward: Complexity and Architecture3. Buildings as Complex Systems; The Building as Flow; The Building as Phenomena; The Building as System; The Building as Program; The Building as Robot; The Building as Teleology; Part Two: Embracing Complexity; 4. Encounters with Complexity; Introduction; The Four Encounters with Complexity; Encounter One: Wicked Problems Basis of Complexity; Encounter Two: Messy Complexity of the Whole; Encounter Three: Ordered Complexity of the Essence; Encounter Four: Natural Complexity of the Organism; Discussion; 5. Converging into Complexity |
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Introduction: Encounter, Converge, and EmbraceConvergence One: Bounded Rationality Meets Computer Cybernetics; Convergence Two: Local Perception Meets Global Dynamics; Convergence Three: Cost Meets Long-term Value; Convergence Four: Consumptive Growth Meets Environmental Limits; 6. Embracing Complexity; Hermeneutics; Unique Essence; Animation; Aesthetics; Conclusion to Part Two; Part Three: Mapping Complexity onto the Realm; 7. Mapping Complexity onto the Profession; The Threads; Mapping Complexity onto the Realm; Discourses in the Realm; Mapping Complexity onto the Profession |
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8. Postindustrial Occupation in ArchitectureSeeking Complexity: Richness and Fit; Revealing Complexity: Distinguishing Symptoms from Systems; Embracing Complexity: Beyond Intuition, Expertise, and Reduction; Mapping Complexity: From Relation to Information; Scoping Complexity: Toward a Clinical Practice of Architecture; Mining Complexity: Tools and Strategies; 9. The Domain of Education; Postindustrial Complexity in Education; Components of a Postindustrial Curriculum; 10. The Domain of the Discipline; Design Inquiry and Research Inquiry: How the Discipline Lives |
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Validity and Reliability in Architectural DiscourseToward a Clinical Database of Architecture; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Explaining the connection between physical and strategic design, this book proposes an aesthetic connection between two equal aspects of architectural design: the Real and the Ideal. Addressing architectural thinkers from the broad realms of academia and practice, it is suitable either as a seminar text, a guide to contemporary design issues, or as a theoretical work. Beginning with a historical perspective, the book looks at some of the key conflicts in architectural thought that were brought about by postindustrial change. The discussion shifts to clearly describe the forms of comp |
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Print version record |
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Architectural design.
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Architectural design
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136319051 |
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1136319050 |
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