AD 192 VERSATILITY AND VICISSITUDE

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AD 192: Versatility and Vicissitude: Performance in Morpho-Ecological Design
This third AD by the guest-editors of the highly successful Emergence and techniques and technologies in Morphogenetic Design titles shifts the morpho-ecological design project into the realm of performance. Whereas the dictionary definition of performance -to ‘carry out an action’ or ‘to fulfill a task’ – invokes a tired utilitarian debate, Hensel and Menges inject the meaning of the word ‘performance’ with an entirely new life. In this context, form is redefined not as the shape of a material object alone, but as the multitude of effects, a milieu of conditions, modulations and microclimates that emanate from an object’s exchange with its specific environment, a dynamic relationship that is perceived and interacted with by a subject. A synergetic employment of performance and morpho-ecological techniques combine to create integral design solutions that will render an alternative model for sustainability. This issue presents historical precursors and precedents for this approach, as well as the current state of the art of morpho-ecological design. Key contributors include: Klaus Bollinger and Manfred Grohmann of Bollinger & Grohmann, Aleksandra Jaeschke, OCEAN, Professor Remo Pedreschi, Defne Sunguroglu, Peter Trummer and Michael Weinstock.

CONTENTS

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• Michael Hensel and Achim Menges: Versatility & Vicissitude: An Introduction to Performance in Morpho-Ecological Design
• Professor Remo Pedreschi: Form, Force and Structure: A Brief History
• Professor Klaus Bollinger, Professor Manfred Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann: Form, Force, Performance: Multi-Parametric Structural Design
• Michael Weinstock: Metabolism and Morphology
• Michael Hensel, Defne Sunguroglu and Achim Menges: Material Performance
• Achim Menges: Manufacturing Performance
• Michael Hensel: Performance-Oriented Design: Precursors and Potentials
• Michael Hensel and Achim Menges: Inclusive Performance: Efficiency Versus Effectiveness – Towards a Morpho-Ecological Approach for Design
• Defne Sunguroglu: Complex Brick Assemblies
• Michael Hensel and Achim Menges: Membrane Spaces
• Michael Hensel and Achim Menges: Aggregates
• Aleksandra Jaeschke: Environmental Intensifiers
• Peter Trummer: Engineering Ecologies
• Michael Hensel and Achim Menges: Designing Morpho-Ecologies: Versatility and Vicissitude of Heterogeneous Space

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• Jayne Merkel: Interior Eye, Craftsteak, New York
• David Littlefield: Building Profile, Public Toilet, Gravesend
• Mark Taylor: Practice Profile, m3architecture
• Christopher Lee and Sam Jacoby: Unit Factor, Renewable Types and the Urban Plan
• Neil Spiller: Spiller’s Bits, In Praise of the Blur
• Ken Yeang: Yeang’s Eco-Files, Recharging your Eco-Batteries
• Will McLean: McLean’s Nuggets
• Valentina Croci: Userscape, The Use of the cellular and New Digital Mapping
• Howard Watson: Site Lines, Making Waves: East Beach Café

144 pages, color ills / 21 x 27,5 cm / English