The Evolution of Designs: Biological Analogy in Architecture and the Applied Arts - Tapa blanda

Steadman, Philip

 
9780415447539: The Evolution of Designs: Biological Analogy in Architecture and the Applied Arts
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ISBN 10: 0415447534 ISBN 13: 9780415447539
Editorial: Routledge, 2008

Sinopsis

This book tells the history of the many analogies that have been made between the evolution of organisms and the human production of artefacts, especially buildings. It examines the effects of these analogies on architectural and design theory and considers how recent biological thinking has relevance for design.

Architects and designers have looked to biology for inspiration since the early 19th century. They have sought not just to imitate the forms of plants and animals, but to find methods in design analogous to the processes of growth and evolution in nature.

This new revised edition of this classic work adds an extended Afterword covering recent developments such as the introduction of computer methods in design in the 1980s and ‘90s, which have made possible a new kind of ‘biomorphic’ architecture through ‘genetic algorithms’ and other programming techniques.

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Philip Steadman is Professor of Urban and Built Form Studies at The Bartlett School (Faculty of the Built Environment), University College London, UK

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0415447534
ISBN 13 
9780415447539
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
320
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