1st Edition
Systemic Architecture Operating Manual for the Self-Organizing City
Preface The Ecology of the Self-Organizing City The Urban Algorithm Coding as Gardening Algorithmic DiverseCity Architecture as Systemic Design Practice The Liquid City by Michael Batty and Andrew Hudson-Smith On Systemic Architecture Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto in conversation with Patrik Schumacher Ecology and Material Culture Michael Weinstock Environments Machines Behavioral Spaces
Biography
Marco Poletto and Claudia Pasquero are co-founders of ecoLogicStudio and Unit Masters at the Architectural Association.
ecoLogicStudio has built an international reputation for its innovative research combining systemic thinking with algorithmic design and large-scale prototyping. Completed projects include a public library, the "Lightwall" house and a large eco-roof prototype. ecoLogicStudio has presented installations at the most important Architecture Biennales, including Venice, London and Seville, Istanbul and Milan Fuorisalone.
Claudia and Marco lecture internationally and in 2012 will be Visiting Master tutors at the IAAC in Barcelona and Hans Strauch Visiting Critics at Cornell University in Ithaca, and will co-direct the new AA Visiting School in Milan, titled "Cyber-Gardening the City".
They live and work in London.
