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Photovoltaic and its capacity to capture energy by
coding instead of exploitation of resources
Ludger Hovestadt, Vera Bühlmann (Eds.)
Domesticatng Symbols
Metalithikum II, Applied
Virtuality, vol. 2
Pages Approx. 230
Format 15,5 × 23,5 cm
Binding Softcover
Price Approx. € 35.3 | $ 49.99 | £ 29.99
ISBN 978-3-99043-558-8, English
Domesticating symbols looks at the entropic
dissolution of symbolic structures
we are experiencing today and explores
various approaches towards learning to
create code. Photovoltaics and its capacity
to capture energy by coding instead of
exploitation of resources, and of integrating
in additional or surplus quantities of energy
into the ecosphere of the planet’s natural
balance is the central focus of this publication.
Energythereby also encompasses
the genuinely abstract format of electricity,
which makes it possible to convert any
form of energy into any other form. This is
the second volume of the Applied Virtuality
book series based on the Metalithicum
Conferences by the Laboratory of Applied
Virtuality at the Chair for Computer Aided
Architectural Design, Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology (ETH) Zürich.
The continuation of “Printed Physics”
The relationship between humanities as
well as natural and technical sciences
An interdisciplinary dialogue
Applied Virtuality Book Series
Available December 2013
Available in the US January 2014
Related Titles:
Hovestadt, Bühlmann(Eds.): Printed Physics
Metalithikum I, 978-3-99043-540-3
Experts offer new perspectives on design
strategies and trans-disciplinary works
Barbara Imhof, Petra Gruber (Eds.)
What is the architect doing
in the jungle? Biornametics.
Pages 98
Format 28 × 18,7 cm
Binding Softcover
Price € 32.09 | $ 49.95 | £ 26.99
ISBN 978-3-99043-545-8, English
Edition Angewandte
Book Series of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Available
What is the architect doing in the jungle?
How can architects and natural scientists
immerse themselves in a fruitful dialogue to
generate new insights for cross-disciplinary
innovation? This volume contributes to the
current discussion of arts-based research
with the interdisciplinary research project
BiornaMetics – Architecture Defined By
Natural Patterns. Biornametics is an emerging
contemporary design practice which
explores a new methodology that interconnects
scientific evidence with creative
design in the field of architecture. The word
biornametics is generated from “ornament”,
referring to the famous Austrian architect
Adolf Loos, and biomimetics. It concentrates
on the detection of the principles
behind processes of emerging and dissolving
patterns in animate and inanimate
nature. Reflections on the architectural direction
of Biornametics, issues of arts and
science collaboration, and the application
of the methodology show a diverse world of
thoughts and approaches to the topic.
Contributions by internationally recognized
experts from different specialized fields
such as architecture, art, philosophy and
biology
Documentation of the biornametics
research project at the intersection
between art, architecture and bionics
Collection of analyzed and prepared
natural examples for workshops in the field
of architecture and bionics
Related Titles:
Gruber, P., Biomimetics in Architecture. Architecture of
Life and Buildings. 2011. 978-3-99043-380-5