Versatility and Vicissitude: Performance in Morpho-Ecological Design

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Editorial
Helen Castle

6 Introduction

Versatility and Vicissitude An Introduction to Performance in Morpho-Ecological Design
Michael Hensel and Achim Menges

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Form, Force and Structure A Brief History
Remo Pedreschi

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Form, Force, Performance Multi-Parametric Structural Design
Klaus Bollinger, Manfred Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann

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Metabolism and Morphology
Michael Weinstock

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Material Performance
Michael Hensel, Defne Sungurog¢lu and Achim Menges

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Manufacturing Performance
Achim Menges

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Performance-Oriented Design Precursors and Potentials
Michael Hensel

54 Inclusive Performance: Efficiency Versus Effectiveness Towards a Morpho-Ecological Approach for Design
Michael Hensel and Achim Menges

64 Complex Brick Assemblies
Defne Sunguroglu

74 Membrane Spaces
Michael Hensel and Achim Menges

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Aggregates
Michael Hensel and Achim Menges

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Environmental Intensifiers
Aleksandra Jaeschke

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Engineering Ecologies
Peter Trummer

102
Designing Morpho-Ecologies Versatility and Vicissitude of Heterogeneous Space
Michael Hensel and Achim Menges

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Interior Eye
Craftsteak, New York
Jayne Merkel

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Building Profile
Public Toilet, Gravesend
David Littlefield

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Practice Profile
m3architecture
Mark Taylor

128+
Unit Factor
Renewable Types and the Urban Plan
Christopher Lee and Sam Jacoby

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Spiller’s Bits
In Praise of the Blur
Neil Spiller

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Yeang’s Eco-Files
Recharging your Bio-Batteries with a Can of Coke
Ken Yeang

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McLean’s Nuggets
Will McLean

138+
Userscape
The Social Call
Valentina Croci

142+
Site Lines
Making Waves at East Beach Café
Howard Watson