Authors:H.R. Maturana, F.J. Varela,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: studies, philosophy, science, boston, living, cognition, realization, autopoiesis
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 1991-08-31
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 9027710163
ISBN-13: 9789027710161

What makes a living system a living system? What kind of biological phenomenon is the phenomenon of cognition? These two questions have been frequently considered, but, in this volume, the authors consider them as concrete biological questions. Their analysis is bold and provocative, for the authors have constructed a systematic theoretical biology which attempts to define living systems not as objects of observation and description, nor even as interacting systems, but as self-contained unities whose only reference is to themselves. The consequence of their investigations and of their living

Author: Patrik S. Schumacher
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: architecture, agenda, new, volume, autopoiesis
Number of Pages: 760
Published: 2012-05-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0470666161
ISBN-13: 9780470666166

Whereas the first volume of this set provides the intellectual groundwork for Schumacher’s ideas, the second volume addresses the specific, contemporary challenges that architecture faces. It formulates these tasks, looking specifically at how architecture organizes and articulates the complexity of post-fordist network society. This addresses how current architecture can upgrade its design methodology for an increasingly demanding task environment, characterized by both complexity and novelty. Architecture’s role within contemporary society is explained and its relationship to pol

Author: Patrik S. Schumacher
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: architecture, framework, new, autopoiesis
Number of Pages: 478
Published: 2011-02-02
List price: $130.00
ISBN-10: 0470772999
ISBN-13: 9780470772997

By presenting architecture as a discipline with its own unique logic, The Autopoiesis of Architecture provides a wholly new theoretical approach to architecture. The impact of this is far reaching. Architecture’s conception of itself is addressed but also that of its development within wider contemporary society. Schumacher’s innovative treatment of the subject enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arsenal of concepts that facilitates both detailed analysis and insightful comparisons with other domains, such as art, science and politics. The �Autopoiesis’ of the ti

Author: Patrik S. Schumacher
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: architecture, framework, new, autopoiesis
Number of Pages: 478
Published: 2011-02-08
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0470772980
ISBN-13: 9780470772980

Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture’s conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. Author Patrik Schumacher offers innovative treatment that enriches architectural theory with a coordinated arsenal of concepts facilitating both detailed analysis and insightful comparisons with other domains, such as art, science and politics. He explores how the various modes of communication comprising architecture depend