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Anexact Paths: Computation, Continuity, and Tectonics in the Design Process

Anexact Paths: Computation, Continuity, and Tectonics in the Design Process

Alessio Erioli
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522539933|ISBN10: 152253993X|EISBN13: 9781522539940
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3993-3.ch001
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Erioli, Alessio. "Anexact Paths: Computation, Continuity, and Tectonics in the Design Process." Handbook of Research on Form and Morphogenesis in Modern Architectural Contexts, edited by Domenico D'Uva, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3993-3.ch001

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Erioli, A. (2018). Anexact Paths: Computation, Continuity, and Tectonics in the Design Process. In D. D'Uva (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Form and Morphogenesis in Modern Architectural Contexts (pp. 1-19). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3993-3.ch001

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Erioli, Alessio. "Anexact Paths: Computation, Continuity, and Tectonics in the Design Process." In Handbook of Research on Form and Morphogenesis in Modern Architectural Contexts, edited by Domenico D'Uva, 1-19. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3993-3.ch001

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Abstract

This chapter attempts to unfold the aspects of a design approach aimed to channel the full potential of complexity-grounded paradigms and self-organization based strategies applied through computation and algorithmic approaches, with a focus on (but not limited to) architecture. Computation is a necessary precondition to the whole discourse, not an inert tool but an integral part of the theoretical/operational apparatus, both vessel and medium of the design exploration, considering algorithms as modes of thought, logic as aesthetic operation and the implications of the inevitable limits of computability. A design process grounded in computation calls for a radical redesign of itself, a paradigm shift encompassing its full gamut, conception to fabrication. This implies an extended definition of tectonics, an intensification and redeployment of the decisional pattern scale at the metabolic level, a consequent remapping of the involved personas and a transcending of the designing- making divide.

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