Building and constructing with a vision but without predefined knowledge of where the whole process will lead us, we continuously test the interaction with the environment, as well as the application of digital and bio-technologies in the urban realm to evolve the methods and protocols of what we call a “collective urban cultivation”.
by Claudia Pasquero, Marco Poletto, Terezia Greskova
published in D1.T6.S1. BIO DATA / BIO TECTONICS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN - Volume 1, by eCAADe 38, p. 583 - 592
This paper discusses architectural experimentation's shift from a carefully designed spatial practice into a distributed set of dynamic processes unfolding in time. When linearity shifts into a convoluted set of feedback loops, circularity emerges as a fundamental paradigm. The paper discusses a set of project descriptions and recent case studies from the work of the PhotoSynthetica venture, bringing together the experimental practice of ecoLogicStudio and the pioneering research of the Urban Morphogenesis Lab at UCL and the Synthetic Landscape Lab at UIBK. These projects demonstrate how the practice of architecture constitutes a distributed form of emergent collective intelligence.