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Title From control to design : parametric/algorithmic architecture / [edited by Tomoko Sakamoto, Albert Ferré]
Published Barcelona ; New York : Actar-D, [2008?]

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Description 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Contents Michael Meredith : Intro ; Essay: Never enough (transform, repeat ad nausea) ; Puppet theater ; PS1 competition ; Ballroom drive-in -- AGU, ARUP : Manifesto: advanced geometry unit at Arup ; Geometric algorithm / Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 ; Reciprocity, hierarchy and discreteness ; Alishan tourist routes ; Taichung Metropolitan Opera House ; Spacestacion Diary, Blind Light -- Mutsuro Sasaki : Intro: Morphogenesis of flux structure ; 0.0 Preface: Sendai Mediatheque project ; 1.0 Sensitivity analysis method ; 1.1 Kitagata Community Centre ; 1.2 The Island City Central Park Gringrin, Fukuoka ; 1.3 Extended evolutionary structure optimization method Kakamigahara Crematorium with Toyo Ito ; 2.1 Florence New Station competition proposal ; 2.2 Qatar Education City, convention centre -- p.art at Adams Kara Taylor : Intro ; Open systems: approaching novel parametric domains ; BP Sunbury ; Branching system ; Open system: branching structures ; Barnsley Market roof ; SIMPLEXITY ; The REN building for Shanghai World Expo 2010 ; Digital efficiency vs. physical necessity ; Workshops at Bauhaus and ITU (AA) ; Essay: Analysis modelling - investigating the digital material -- designtoproduction : Essay: The whole and its parts ; Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern ; Peek&Cloppenburg Weltstadthaus ; Mercedes-Benz Museum ; Groningen Stadsbalkon ; Swissbau Pavilion ; Inventioneering architecture, travelling exhibition ; Hungerburg funicular ; Libeskind's Futuropolis ; ZipShape -- Aranda/Lasch : Intro: What is parametric to us? ; Out of order ; The year 1774 ; Color shift ; A conversation between Sanford Kwinter and Jason Payne
Summary This book presents six independent practices that explore current applications of parametric and algorithmic design techniques in architectural production. The contents is based on a conference held at the Architectural Association in London, on the occasion of the exhibition and publication titled 'Morphogenesis of Flux Structure' by Mutsuro Saskari', 2007
Notes Statement of responsibilty from colophon
Title from cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Architectural design -- Data processing.
Architectural design -- Mathematics.
Architectural design -- Technological innovations.
Architecture -- Computer-aided design.
Architecture, Modern -- 21st century.
Computer-aided design.
Author Ferré, Albert.
Sakamoto, Tomoko.
ISBN 9788496540798