دانلود کتاب Vibrant Architecture: Matter as a CoDesigner of Living Structures

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Contents\nPreface\nAcknowledgements\n1 Introduction\n1.1 Overview\n1.2 Vibrant Matter in Practice\n1.3 Dynamic Droplets\n1.4 Hylozoic Ground\n1.5 Vibrant Venice\n1.6 Vibrant Cities\n1.7 Manifesto for Vibrant Architecture\n1.8 Speculative Narratives\n1.9 Summary\n2 Definitions\n2.1 Overview\n2.2 Aim of Research\n2.3 Process Philosophy\n2.4 Complexity\n2.5 Actant\n2.6 Assemblage\n2.7 Nature\n2.8 Millennial Nature\n2.9 Post-natural\n2.10 Ecology\n2.11 Technology\n2.12 Machines\n2.13 Ecological Living Technology\n2.13.1 Living Technology\n2.13.2 Ecological Technology\n2.14 Synthetic Biology\n2.15 Synthetic Ecology\n2.16 Protocell\n2.17 Natural Computing\n2.17.1 Unconventional Computing\n2.17.2 Morphological Computing\n2.18 Vibrant Matter\n2.18.1 Slowness\n2.18.2 Porosity\n2.18.3 Inorganic Sympathy\n2.19 Vibrant Architecture\n2.20 Summary\n3 Literature Survey\n3.1 Overview\n3.2 Information Sources\n3.3 Critical Context\n3.3.1 Overview\n3.3.2 Organicism\n3.3.3 Bio Design\n3.3.4 Vibrant Matter\n3.3.5 Morphological Computing\n3.4 Summary\n4 Method\n4.1 Overview\n4.2 Multidisciplinary Approach\n4.3 Action Research\n4.4 Speculative Practice\n4.5 Morphological Computing\n4.6 Summary\n5 Vibrant Matter in Practice\n5.1 Overview\n5.2 The Dynamic Nature of Matter\n5.3 Summary\n6 Dynamic Droplets\n6.1 Overview\n6.2 Identifying a Suitable Model System for Vibrant Matter\n6.3 Dynamic Droplets as Vibrant Matter\n6.4 Characterizing the Bütschli Dynamic Droplet System\n6.4.1 Bütschli System Preparation\n6.4.2 Bütschli System General Observations\n6.4.3 Stages of Bütschli Droplet Development\n6.4.3.1 Birth: Field of Fire and Ice\n6.4.3.2 Birth: Shells\n6.4.3.3 Life: Organizing Droplets\n6.4.3.3.1 Primary Morphologies\n6.4.3.3.1.1 Droplet\n6.4.3.3.1.2 Droplet with Osmotic Product\n6.4.3.3.1.3 Droplet with Extended Osmotic Product\n6.4.3.3.1.4 Microtubes\n6.4.3.3.1.5 Compound Structures\n6.4.3.3.2 Primary Behaviours\n6.4.3.3.2.1 Interfacing\n6.4.3.3.2.2 Mirroring\n6.4.3.3.2.3 Satellites\n6.4.3.3.2.4 Chains\n6.4.3.3.2.5 Populations\n6.4.3.4 Death: Quiescence\n6.5 Exploring the Technological Potential of Bütschli Droplets\n6.5.1 Manipulating the Bütschli System Using Morphological Computing Techniques\n6.5.1.1 Changing Internal Conditions\n6.5.1.2 Changing External Conditions\n6.5.1.2.1 Acetone\n6.5.1.2.2 Ethanol\n6.5.1.2.3 Butan-1-ol\n6.5.1.2.4 2-propanol\n6.5.1.2.5 1-octanol\n6.6 Unexpected Insights Into the Nature of Vibrant Matter\n6.6.1 Locomotion\n6.6.2 Self-replication\n6.7 Summary of Findings Related to the Technological Potential of the Bütschli System\n6.8 Bütschli Droplets as a Potential Drawing Technology\n6.9 Ontological and Epistemological Issues Raised by Bütschli Droplets\n6.10 Observations Made with Respect to the Ontology and Epistemological Issues of Bütschl\n6.11 Summary\n7 ‘A Short Story of a Short Life’\n7.1 Overview\n7.2 A Short Story of a Short Life\n8 ‘Hylozoic Ground’\n8.1 Overview\n8.2 An Exploration of Vibrant Matter in an Architectural Design Context\n8.3 Hylozoic Ground at the Canadian Pavilion, Venice\n8.4 Hylozoic Ground Dynamic Chemistries\n8.4.1 Incubator Flasks: Modified Bütschli System\n8.4.2 ‘Carbon Eater’ Flasks with Carbon-fixing Oil Droplets or ‘Protopearls’\n8.4.3 Liesegang Ring Plates: Vertical Diffusion-Precipitation Fields\n8.4.4 Hygroscopic Islands\n8.5 Modifications of the Hylozoic Ground Chemistries\n8.5.1 Hygroscopic Preparation\n8.5.2 BIO·FICTION Installation\n8.6 Design Principles\n8.7 The importance of Infrastructure\n8.8 Infrastructure Experiments\n8.8.1 Liesegang Scaffolding Preparation\n8.8.2 Traube Scaffolding Preparation\n8.8.3 Scaffold Experiment Observations\n8.9 Hylozoic Ground and the Architectural Transferability of ELT-informed Design Principles\n8.10 Ontological and Epistemological Questions Raised by the Hylozoic Ground Chemistries\n8.11 Summary\n9 ’Biolime: Mock Rock’\n9.1 Overview\n9.2 Biolime: Mock Rock\n10 Vibrant Venice: Designing with Vibrant Matter\n10.1 Overview\n10.2 Future-proofing Architecture\n10.3 Venice as a Case Study for Urban-Scale Design with Vibrant Matter\n10.4 ELT as a Next Generation Technology in Venice’s Survival Portfolio\n10.5 Chemically Programming the Fabric of Venice\n10.6 Experiments on Programmable Droplets\n10.6.1 Droplet Design\n10.6.1.1 Barium Protopearls\n10.6.1.2 Calcium Protopearls\n10.6.2 Protopearl Interactions with Other Materials\n10.6.2.1 Brick\n10.6.2.2 Wood\n10.6.2.3 Concrete\n10.6.2.4 Steel\n10.6.3 Observations\n10.7 Further Development of Dynamic Droplets\n10.8 ELT and Environmental Responsiveness\n10.9 Photographic Survey of the Biological ‘Stones’ of Venice\n 10.10 Vibrant Venice: Weaving a Post-natural Fabric\n10.11 Ethics, Control and Grey Goo\n10.12 Summary\n11 ‘Post-natural Venice’\n11.1 Overview\n11.2 Post-natural Venice\n12 Vibrant Cities\n12.1 Overview\n12.2 Soils as ELT\n12.3 Architecture As a Site for Ecological Revival\n12.4 Soils as Architectural Infrastructure and Technology\n12.5 Summary\n13 ‘Japan: 2060’\n13.1 Overview\n13.2 Japan: 2060\n14 Manifesto For Vibrant Architecture\n14.1 Overview\n14.2 Manifesto for Vibrant Architecture\n15 ‘The Greatest Alluvian Poet That Ever Lived’\n15.1 Overview\n15.2 The Greatest Alluvian Poet That Ever Lived\n16 Conclusion\n16.1 Overview\n16.2 The Agency of Matter\n16.3 A Recipe for Vibrant Architecture: An Experimental Approach\n16.4 Embodying Complexity\n16.5 Site-specific Exploration of an Emerging Technological Platform\n16.6 Scaling ELT to Urban Dimensions\n16.7 Speculative Narratives as a Means of Exploring Innovation Space\n16.8 Manifesto for Vibrant Architecture\n16.9 Designing with Vibrant Matter\n16.9.1 Design with Probability\n16.9.2 Process As Material\n16.9.3 Design Characteristics of Lifelike Systems\n16.10 Vibrant Matter as Technology\n16.11 Procurement and Infrastructure\n16.12 Challenges\n16.13 What Next?\n16.13.1 Theory\n16.13.2 Experiment\n16.13.3 Practice\n16.4 From Here to There: Towards a Practice of Vibrant Architecture\nReferences\nList of Figures\nList of Movies\nList of Tables\nIndex