Gan Physarum – Shaping the Future of the Urbansphere | AD Vol 93

Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto discuss their project GAN-Physarum and create a modern take on Constant Nieuwenhuys`s visionary New Babylon project.

In this article written for AD on the topic of Urban Dystopia, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto express their synthesis between biology, computer algorithms and machine learning. They discuss their project GAN-Physarum, in effect a virtual slime mold creating a modern take on Constant Nieuwenhuys`s visionary New Babylon project (1956-74) and its derives, and unleashed on a virtual Paris.