Main entry:

Benjamin, David N., author.

Title & Author:

Now we see now : architecture and research by The Living / David Benjamin with John Locke, Danil Nagy, Damon Lau, Dale Zhao, Ray Wang, Jim Stoddart, Lorenzo Villaggi ; foreword by Paula Antonelli ; essays by Kevin Slavin, Eyal Weizman, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Mark Lee and Sharon Johnston.

Publication:

New York, New York : The Monacelli Press, [2018]
©2018

Description:

595 pages : color illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Foreword / Paola Antonelli -- Volume I. Projects : Living architecture / David Benjamin -- [1.] Making visible the invisible : Design as participation / Kevin Slavin : Living light, Seoul, 2009 ; Pier 35 Ecopark, New York, 2018 : Episode : Citizen science ; Street life, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, 2010 ; Social robot, San Francisco and Berlin, 2015 : Episode: Beyond efficiency ; Living city, New York and San Francisco, 2008 -- [2.] The frictions of making it real : Endless form: materialism and bacterialism in the work of the Living / Eyal Weizman : Hy-Fi, New York, 2014 : Episode : Looped ; MaRS Office, Toronto, 2017 ; Living glass, 2008 : Episode : The garage ; Black Lake, New York, 2015 ; Lifecycles, Incheon, 2010 -- [3.] Artificial intelligence + natural intelligence : Design intelligence: the work of The Living / Alejandro Zaera-Polo : Bionic partition, Hamburg, 2015 : Episode : OK, computer ; Embodied Computation Lab, Princeton, 2017 ; Bio-processing, Edinburgh, 2012 : Episode : On new growth and new form ; Mussel choir, Venice, 2012 ; Amphibious envelope, Chicago, 2015 -- Volume II. Living research / David Benjamin -- Biological algorithms: hybrid computational geometry system for designing lightweight structures -- Living computers: bio logic of Xylem cells / with Fernan Federici -- Evolutionary computing: multi-objective optimization in architecture / with Ian Keough -- Generative design: beyond rules of thumb with a novel design space model -- Machine learning for the physical world: detecting features in natural materials -- Computational stacking: layout of grown bricks for freeform structures ; Mussel sensors: live bivalves for evaluating water quality / with Samuel Gurr -- Human sensors: computing the qualitative through simulation of employee satisfaction -- Bias in algorithms: exposing the assumptions in artificial intelligence -- Afterword : On circles, ovals, ellipses, spheres, and The Living / Mark Lee and Sharon Johnston.

Summary:

"In the context of massive and accelerating change--in technology, science, climate, and society--the nature of architectural design is also evolving and coming to life in new ways. New York-based office The Living has developed a unique design approach that explores projects through the application of new technologies, materials, and the growing field of generative design (design that uses software to emulate nature's evolutionary processes). These methods are futuristic, even utopian, but also raw and immediate in their application of hands-on prototyping and testing through making. The Living addresses urgent issues through reframing design with today's tools. David Benjamin, founding principal of The Living, explains his methodologies through numerous projects and abundant research that are making real inroads to what is increasingly known as generative design. Benjamin executes numerous projects that demonstrate these surprising techniques, including the Princeton Embodied Computation Lab, a new building for research on next-generation design and construction technologies; Hy-Fi, a branching tower for MoMA PS1 made of a new type of biodegradable brick; and using principles of adaptive networks to prototype new structural dividers for Airbus that are nearly 50% lighter than traditional ones. The Living : Architecture and Research documents this emerging body of work and points to new directions for an evolving discipline, surveying projects at a variety of scales for a variety for clients. For an era where rapid change is the norm, The Living demonstrates how future design practices can embrace uncertainty and generate surprising solutions to tomorrow's challenges."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781580935074
1580935079

Subject:

Living (Architectural firm)
Architectural design 21st century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture Research.
Design architectural 21e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture Recherche.
Architectural design
Architecture, Modern

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
illustrated books.
works of art.
Illustrated works
Art
Architectural drawings
Dessins d'architecture.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Antonelli, Paola writer of foreword.
Living (Architectural firm), author.
Living (Architectural firm) author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 303124
Call No.: BIB 249339
Status: Available