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swarm tectonics:a manifesto for an emergent architecture

swarm legacies - evds 697.72 - josh m. taron - winter 2012

presented by meghan froehlich + erin faulkner de gordillo

Neal Leach - 2002

http://www.hemmy.net/images/interesting/swarmtheory01.jpg

swarm legacies - evds 697.72 - josh m. taron - winter 2012meghan froehlich + erin faulkner de gordillo

swarm tectonics: a manifesto for an emergent architecture - Neal Leach - 2002

static models vs dynamic models_need for considering complexity

STATIC

dynamic

CLOSED open

traditional

understandings of human behaviour

self organizing systems in naturenetworking systems

individual responding to logic of mass

rules

CONTROL

PREPROGRAMMING

CENTRALIZATION

AUTONOMY

EMERGENCE

distributed functioning



complexity theory

simple complexity

borne of clear principles or logic



self organizing systems_self organize and arrange entities in a sort of system

computer software_ vectorial forces

operates within network_ not in isolation

ant behaviour

ACTIN GEODESIC DOMES IN LIVING CELLS

FORMATION OF POLYMER NANOTUBES THROUGH LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY OF CATIONIC DENDRIMERS INTO

NANOPOROUS ALUMINA TENPLATES

COMPLEX COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR MAY EMERGE FROM INTERACTIONS AMONG INDIVIDUALS THAT EXHIBIT SIMPLE BEHAVIOUR

THE EMERGENCE OF MICROSCOPIC PATTERNS OUT OF PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS DEFINED AT THE MICROSCOPIC LEVEL



SWARM INTELLIGENCE_EMERGENT COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE OF GROUPS OF SIMPLE AGENTS

diagram illustrating the difference between metric distance and topological difference in reference to a school of fish

-any population, no matter how varied its nature- certain common patterns of operation can be seen to emerge-given population of interacting entities will tend to display similar collective behaviour

-society of increasing complexity + information overload = need to offer an alternative way of designing “intelligent systems”

THE COLLECTIVE BRAIN

SWARM INTELLIGENCE IN THE MARKET ECONOMY

‘stigmergy’_direct or indirect interaction between agents

HUMAN BRAIN + SYNAPSE

STIGMERGY: HEART OF ALL SELF ORGANIZATION

EARTHQUAKE SWARM



MONARCH MIGRATION

emergence

-PREMISED ON DYNAMIC ADAPTATION_PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR NOT FROZEN INTO SINGLE EXPRESSION-DYNAMIC, SELF REGULATING, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, NOT TRADITIONAL PREDETERMINED MECHANISMS OF CONTROL

-CONSTANTLY MUTATE-BASED ON INTERACTION, INFORMATIONAL FEEDBACK LOOPS, PATTERN RECOGNITION AND INDIRECT CONTROL



TOP-DOWN

EMERGENCE: BOTTOM-UP PRINCIPLE, NO OVER ARCHING PRINCIPLES. DEVELOPS COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS THAT SELF-REGULATE = HIGHER LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION

BOTTOM-UP

SUBTRACTIVE EMERGENT FORMS

ADDITIVE EMERGENT FORMS

emergent cities



-CITIES AS AMALGAMATIONS OF ‘PROCESS’-ADJUST TO DIFFERING INPUTS AND IMPULSES

-CITY AS PATTERN IN TIME_PHYSICAL TRACES OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OPERATING THROUGH TIME -QUESTIONS NEED FOR MASTER PLAN

organic growth of city

slums‘shanty town’hong konglagos

emergent architecture_FOCUS ON PROCESS RATHER THAN REPRESENTATION, FORMATION RATHER THAN FORM



STATIC_broadly aesthetic

EMERGENT_dynamic

‘CLASSICAL’

BUILDING FORM FROM PRE-ORDAINED TEM-PLATE

extensive thinking

laws

fixity

representationstriated

“architecture is not about conditions of design, but abut the

design of conditions”- Bernard Tschumi

BROADLY STRUC-TURAL OUTLOOK THAT ALLOWS FORMS TO EMERGE

GOTHIC METHOD

modern, post-modern, neo-gothic, scenographic work

OVER TIME

forces, flows + process

smooth

intensive thinking

digital tectonics



links between

= ant behaviour computer networks structural forms computers/ programs

robot bee skyscrapergenetic algorithumsstructural computersimulations

evolving forms

WHAT IS OUR ROLE?architect becomes controller of process, the superviser of design



image referencesANTS: http://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonomic-List-of-Ant-Genera/Aphaenogaster/8707956_dkDqGg/1/662683630_ACQzf#!i=662683630&k=ACQzf

PEOPLE SILHOUETTE: http://www.eastridgebc.com/Websites/eastridgebc/Images/sihlouette.JPG

ANTS ON ROCKS: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=ant+network&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=653&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=czANyz1E5k2k8M:&imgrefurl=http://agreatbecoming.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/of-ants-networks-and-nodes/&docid=PHlCudy8nlQ9KM&imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2397726946_beb7d6421e.jpg&w=375&h=500&ei=3SYWT-bYG4aPigKB5dS2Dw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=179&vpy=120&dur=109&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=121&ty=162&sig=116006462508668179778&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=115&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

FISH FORMATION DIAGRAM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metric_vs_topological_distance_for_animal_aggregations.png

SCHOOL OF FISH: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=school+of+fish&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=653&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=5yGCXNoICIu2_M:&imgrefurl=http://www.imgspark.com/image/view/IDstudent/1494324/&docid=AqbTFe00f81CSM&imgurl=http://www.imgspark.com/icache/0114/2c8e6ee52745dcb34a8492eff4190e7d_l.jpg&w=600&h=450&ei=_SwWT6bWM46MigLf-6TQDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=956&vpy=188&dur=1985&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=118&ty=98&sig=116006462508668179778&page=1&tbnh=143&tbnw=188&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0

HEART: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=human+heart&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=653&tbs=ic:specific,isc:red&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=W714kdUOhxVwNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.bandagedear.com/category/education-business/education/science/biology/anatomy/human-body&docid=-KVt8QgDiuYWsM&imgurl=http://www.bandagedear.com/image/view/human-heart-c-1979-red-by-andy-warhol&w=400&h=400&ei=1jUWT6viOfHXiALE-Ny-Dw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=6860&sig=116006462508668179778&page=7&tbnh=133&tbnw=132&start=166&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:166&tx=71&ty=87

BRAIN SYNAPSES: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=brain+synapses&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=633&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=0JgfLKnLe-ccmM:&imgrefurl=http://www.ebaumsworld.com/user/blog//view%3D81881384/&docid=veNJhKrQkHzPyM&imgurl=http://5ynaps3.com/images/synapse.jpg&w=1024&h=768&ei=KjcWT5mqCoi0iQKZnbyzDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=354&vpy=341&dur=4656&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=134&ty=148&sig=116006462508668179778&page=6&tbnh=119&tbnw=169&start=127&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:127

BRAIN: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=brain+synapses&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=633&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=oZom_itSD-6i2M:&imgrefurl=http://speedysarcadejaksfreestuff.blogspot.com/2010/07/maternal-smoking-can-affect-childs.html&docid=6obna-y0QBegTM&imgurl=http://www.impactlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/brain-scan.jpg&w=360&h=360&ei=KjcWT5mqCoi0iQKZnbyzDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=323&vpy=285&dur=531&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=119&ty=142&sig=116006462508668179778&page=6&tbnh=147&tbnw=143&start=127&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:127

HONG KONG: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=hong+kong&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=653&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsu&tbnid=5VXyF85W4k86WM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hongkong_Evening_Skyline.jpg&docid=9zPZPfotPRLoMM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Hongkong_Evening_Skyline.jpg&w=3136&h=2352&ei=c0oWT7WfE-m02gWl25iPAg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=157&sig=116006462508668179778&page=6&tbnh=143&tbnw=180&start=109&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:109&tx=96&ty=78

V-MAN: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=proportions&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=653&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=TYsUQzXVl0z6UM:&imgrefurl=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/davinci/coloring/proportions.shtml&docid=ZTIPLtZwfmbDCM&imgurl=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/davinci/gifs/proportions.GIF&w=466&h=460&ei=8k4WT8XyDdOK2QXJ-ay_Ag&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=663&vpy=166&dur=109&hovh=223&hovw=226&tx=115&ty=109&sig=116006462508668179778&page=1&tbnh=129&tbnw=131&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0

DARWIN: http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=evolution+over+time&hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADBS_enCA288CA294&biw=1344&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbnid=ypD6_XXzpHLg7M:&imgrefurl=http://theevolutionofthehumanbody.blogspot.com/&docid=zbHElpGLtPgtVM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Lwnio4Z_53o/TJjE77WC8KI/AAAAAAAAAAU/hfQuy5kO9yA/s1600/Evolution%252B.jpg&w=413&h=310&ei=vFUWT6auIIqyiQKd8ICtDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=177&vpy=149&dur=9812&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=162&ty=105&sig=116006462508668179778&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=177&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

Genetic Algorithm Architecture:Architecture|UrbanismDan Babkohttp://babko-arch.com/category/genetic-algorithms/

Monarch Migration:Dr. Licholn, Sweet Briar Collegehttp://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?147880-Monarch-Migration

Slapped by the Invisible Hand:Anti-Dismal|A blog on all things to do with economics and related subjects.http://antidismal.blogspot.com/2009/05/invisible-hand_20.html

Adam Smith:http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2009/03/10/Stewart/

Cell Swarm:http://acms.nd.edu/research/ongoing-projects/simulation-gallery/

Bee Hive:http://mudsongs.org/possible-swarm-cell/

Termite Mound:http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-giant-termite-mounds-ant-hills-northern-territory-image10495120

Elephant Herd:http://marius.photoshelter.com/image/I0000h6NEjbALveg

Robot Bee Skyscraper:http://www.evolo.us/architecture/s-m-a-r-t-skyscraper-constructed-by-futuristic-robot-bees/

City Growth:http://pr2011.aaschool.ac.uk/students/Zhenhai_Costal_City

Gaudi Sand Bag Model:http://titoslessonblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/gaudis-sand-bags.html

Gothic Vault:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/communicate/blog/staff/0000012293.shtml

Curved Brick Wall:http://dornob.com/hand-crafted-by-robots-unbelievably-curved-brick-walls/?ref=search

Metric Distance Model:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_behaviour

Algae Bloom:http://www.whoi.edu/redtide/

Self organization in chemistry:http://softmatter.quimica.unlp.edu.ar/

Cell Dome:http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewmedia/76/actin-geodesic-domes-in-living-cells-;jsessionid=0E146735AF585522546132127F28980A.wyss1

Earth quakeswarm:http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/1265-recent-nevada-earthquake-swarm-mapped.html

Transit Rome:http://thecityfix.com/blog/real-time-informatics-for-a-new-soft-city/

Cavity:http://davisw.wordpress.com/tag/health/

Pig Carcass:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Example_of_a_pig_carcass_in_the_advanced_decay_stage_of_decomposition.jpg

Slum:http://www.iaacblog.com/maa2011-2012-theoryconcepts/2012/01/slums-as-a-model-for-future-projects/

Shanty Town:http://emergenturbanism.com/beginning-emergent-urbanism/

robot bee skyscraper

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