"Algorithmic Sustainable Design: The Future of Architectural Theory"
A series of 12 Lectures, approximately 1 hour each.
ARCHIVED VIDEOS AND POWERPOINTS OF THE LECTURES
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1. Recursion and the Fibonacci sequence. Universal scaling. Biophilia. RealPlayer VIDEO
1. Recursion and the Fibonacci sequence. Universal scaling. Biophilia. SLIDES
2. Geometric Recursion and Fractals. The Sierpinski gasket. Perforation, bending, and folding. Anti-gravity anxiety. Architecture of the horizontal. RealPlayer VIDEO
3. Universal distribution of sizes. Fractal design, ornament, and biophilia. Sustainable systems. RealPlayer VIDEO
3. Universal distribution of sizes. Fractal design, ornament, and biophilia. Sustainable systems. SLIDES
4. Cellular automata. Sierpinski carpets and sea-shells. Design in hyperspace and connection to the sacred. RealPlayer VIDEO
5. Harmony-seeking computations. Architectural harmony. Alexander's theory of centers. Design as computation. Computational reducibility. RealPlayer VIDEO
6. Alexander's 15 Fundamental Properties. Three laws of architecture. RealPlayer VIDEO
6. Alexander's 15 Fundamental Properties. Three laws of architecture. SLIDES
7. Biologically-inspired computation. Genetic algorithms. Computation versus memory retrieval. Evolutionary regression. RealPlayer VIDEO
8. Emergent systems. Examples from Artificial Life. Inhuman experiments. Architectural education. RealPlayer VIDEO
8. Emergent systems. Examples from Artificial Life. Inhuman experiments. Architectural education. SLIDES
9. Symmetry production. Symmetry breaking. Classical moldings. Elementary particle symmetries. Binding energy. RealPlayer VIDEO
10. Generative codes and their application to building and urban morphology. Secularization destroys public space. Spiritual architects. Legalizing codes. RealPlayer VIDEO
11. Duany-Plater-Zyberk (DPZ) codes. The New Urbanism. Stephen Mouzon's project. Tall buildings. RealPlayer VIDEO
*Tall Buildings -- the last part of lecture 11 pertains to the Expo 2015 in Milan. This VIDEO is presented separately on the TEO website, encoded in various different formats.
11. Duany-Plater-Zyberk (DPZ) codes. The New Urbanism. Stephen Mouzon's project. Tall buildings. SLIDES
12. Implementation of generative codes in design. Urban plazas. Designing for children. Favelas and social housing. RealPlayer VIDEO
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Instructor: Nikos A. Salingaros (HOME PAGE) is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and is a practicing Urbanist and Architectural Theorist. He is also affiliated with the architecture faculties of the Universities of Delft, Holland, Rome III, Italy, and Queretaro, Mexico, and supervises thesis students from all around the world on architectural and urban topics. He is a member of the International Network for Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) College of Traditional Practitioners, and is on the INTBAU Committee of Honor.
Description: Application of cutting-edge mathematical techniques to architectural design. Fractals and algorithmic processes. Cellular automata that generate the Sierpinski carpet. Harmony-seeking computations. Generative codes, and their difference from static New Urbanist codes.
Text: We will use the monograph "Harmony-seeking computations" by Christopher Alexander, to be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Unconventional Computing, Volume 4, 2008 (available online). We will also use extracts from Alexander's "The Nature of Order", Books 1, 2, and 3 and Stephen Wolfram's "A New Kind of Science".