The design genius of Charles + Ray Eames

Natural Systems

Latent City

Good shape

The 7th property of a spacial structure with live (Christopher Alexander, The Nature of the Order, vol.1); Foto: Albufeira - Portugal, in Norman Carver Jr, The Iberian Villages, 1988, p.105)

Architecture that repairs itself?

Tomas Saraceno

Tomas Saraceno concebe os seus projectos de obras/arquitecturas insufláveis, modulares e moveis com as quais o homem pode experimentar sensações pouco comuns. Perseguindo a ideia de uma utopia realizável, os seus trabalhos produzem visões de estruturas de transporte, de cidades flutuantes e outros tipos de construção. Os objectos que desenvolve são o primeiro passo para a realização destas imagens. As suas instalações, esculturas e fotografias ultrapassam as restrições do habitat humano e sugerem um novo modo de perceber a natureza.

Tomas Saraceno conceives his work of inflatable projects /architectures, modular and mobile in which we may experience unusual sensations. Pursuing the idea of a realizable utopia, his work produces visions of strutures of transport, floating cities and other building types. The objects developed are the first step towards the realization of these images. His installations, sculptures and photographs go beyond the restrictions of the human habitat and suggest a new way of perceiving nature.

Algorithmic Architecture

Synergic Architecture

In the context of organizational behavior, following the view that a cohesive group is more than sum of its parts, synergy is the ability of a group to outperform even its best individual member. These conclusions are derived from the studies conducted by Jay Hall on a number of laboratory-based group ranking and prediction tasks. He found that effective groups actively looked for the points in which they disagreed and in consequence encouraged conflicts amongst the participants in the early stages of the discussion. In contrast, the ineffective groups felt a need to establish a common view quickly, used simple decision making methods such as averaging, and focused on completing the task rather than on finding solutions they could agree on.

in David Buchanan & Andrzej Huczynski: Organizational behavior, introductory text. Prentice Hall,pp 276,Third Edition 1997

Parametric Urbanism

The Inner Life Of A Cell

Sebastian Seung - I Am My Connectome

neurons (cells) + synapses (connections) = connectome (system)