Vibrant architecture : : matter as a codesigner of living structures / / Rachel Armstrong ; managing editor, Monika Michalowicz ; associate editor, Davina Jackson.

This book sets out the conditions under which the need for a new approach to the production of architecture in the twenty-first century is established, where our homes and cities are facing increasing pressures from environmental challenges that are compromising our lives and well being. Vibrant arc...

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Place / Publishing House:[Hawthorne, New York] : : De Gruyter Open,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages) :; color illustrations, photographs
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Definitions
  • 3 Literature Survey
  • 4 Method
  • 5 Vibrant Matter in Practice
  • 6 Dynamic Droplets
  • 7 'A Short Story of a Short Life'
  • 8 'Hylozoic Ground'
  • 9 'Biolime: Mock Rock'
  • 10 Vibrant Venice: Designing with Vibrant Matter
  • 11 'Post-natural Venice'
  • 12 Vibrant Cities
  • 13 'Japan: 2060'
  • 14 Manifesto For Vibrant Architecture
  • 15 'The Greatest Alluvian Poet That Ever Lived'
  • 16 Conclusion
  • References
  • List of Figures
  • List of Movies
  • List of Tables
  • Index