Versatility and Vicissitude: Performance in Morpho-Ecological DesignISBN: 978-0-470-51687-4
Paperback
144 pages
April 2008
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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.