The autopoiesis of architecture /
Patrik Schumacher.
- 774 páginas : ilustraciones ; 23 centímetros.
Bibliografía : páginas 759-774.
A new agenda for architecture : The task of architecture : Functions ; Order via organization and articulation ; Organization ; Supplementing architecture with a science of configuration ; Articulation ; The phenomenological vs. the semiological dimension of architecture ; The phenomenological dimension of architectural articulation ; The semiological dimension of architectural articulation ; Prolegomenon to architecture's semiological project ; The semiological project and the general project of architectural order -- 7. The Design process : Contemporary context and aim of design process theory ; Towards a contemporary design process reflection and design methodology ; The design process as problem-solving process ; Differentiating classical, modern and contemporary processes ; Problem definition and problem structure ; Rationality, retrospective and prospective ; Modelling spaces -- 8. Architecture and society : World architecture within world society ; Autonomy vs. authority ; Architecture's conception of society ; Architecture in relation to other societal subsystems ; Architecture as profession and professional career ; The built environment as primordial condition of society -- 9. Architecture and politics : Is political architecture possible? ; Theorizing the relationship between architecture and politics ; Architecture adapts to political development ; The limitations of critical practice in architecture -- 10. Self-descriptions of architecture : Theoretical underpinnings ; The necessity of reflection theory ; Classic treatises ; Architectural historiography ; Architectural criticism -- 11. Parametricism: the parametric paradigm and the formation of a new style : Parametricism as epochal style ; The parametricist research programme ; Parametricist vs. modernist urbanism ; Elegance -- 12. Epilogue : The design of a theory : Theoretical foundation: communication theory vs. historical materialism? ; The theory of architectural autopoiesis as unified theory of architecture ; Notes on the architecture of the theory ; The theory as the result of contingent theory design decisions -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix 3. The autopoiesis of architecture in the context of three classic texts -- Appendix 4. Theses 25-60.