Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 240 mm
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 240 mm
ISBN: 978-1-918216-19-6
Verlag: RIBA Publishing
How do people and technology shape architecture? What happens in times of rapid technological change? Covering both the past and the future across a wide-ranging period, this book ultimately examines one of the most pressing issues of our time: technological disruption. The central question guiding the narrative is how architecture might be impacted by the profound changes that technology brings to humanity. As humanity evolves under the infl uence of new technologies, how will the built environment also change and interact with the natural world, shifting under the diverse pressures of climate change? By taking a bold speculative approach to envisioning the future, architects are urged to cultivate a sharper vision for identifying trends on the horizon, responding deftly to shifts in understanding. This poses a thought provoking and positive trajectory, alert to the possibilities of the present. Architecture is recognised beyond its tectonic function and physical form, as a mediator between humans and the environment. It is a mediator that is shaped by human identity, creativity and societal structures, as well as by the potential of emerging technologies, such as biotechnologies and superintelligent AI.
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Professional Practice & Development
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Foreword, Valerie Vaughan-Dick, RIBA CEO Foreword, C. Alan Short Foreword, Wu Yan Preface Prologue Chapter 1 Technological Extensions Of The Human Body 1.1 The Intermediary Between Humans And The Environment 1.2 The Machine Reconstruction Of Humanity, Enhancements of the Cyborg Format, Rethinking Primitive Shelters, Two Modes of Technological Thinking, Transcending the Cyborg, Framework of Enhancement 1.3 The Future of Humanity, The Progression of the New Human, Irreversible Progression, Evolution, Advancement, and Alienation, Critical Reflections on Modernity Chapter 2 The Biological Transformation of Machines 2.1 Artificial Constructs and Natural Objects 2.2 The Machine Paradigm in Architecture, Two Perspectives on Machines in Architecture, The Third Path of Technology Transfer 2.3 The Biological Paradigm of Architecture, Paradigm Shift, The Biological Form of Machines, Integration of Artificial Constructs with Nature, The Application of Biological Mechanisms 2.4 Synergy Between Machines and Organisms, The Application of Cybernetics, Megastructures and Capsules, Systems and Ports Chapter 3 Systematic Dimensional Ascension of the Environment, 3.1 Rethinking the Intermediary Between Humans and the Environment, 3.2 Diffused Information Systems, The Superimposition of Information Dimensions, Interactive Intelligence, A New Understanding of Big Data, Parallel Virtuality to Interactive Reality, Challenges of Extended Reality 3.3 Flowing Energy Systems, The Foundations of Energy, The Urgency of Dimensional Ascension, From Isolation to Integration, From Space to Connectivity Chapter 4 Port-Based Survival of New Humans 4.1 From Prosthetic Capsules to Connected Ports 4.2 Expansion of Ports, Energy Ports, Information Ports, Material Ports, Humans as Architecture, Architecture as Humans 4.3 New States of Survival, Prosumer Survival, Cocooned Survival, Gamified Survival 4.4 The Crisis of Enhancement, The Predicament of New Humans, Identity and Self-identity of New Humans and Natural Humans, Superintelligent AI Under the Era of Singularity Chapter 5 Reflections on the Horizon of the Future 5.1 Pathways to the Future, Radical Transformations or Fine-Tuning Guidelines for Action 5.2 Fundamental Strategies for Facing the Future, Continuation of Humanistic (Benyuan) Design, Augmented Health, Dimensional Ascension of Efficiency, Upholding Humanism 5.3 Paths of Speculation, Balancing Between the Physical and the Virtual, Calibrating Between Individual and Collective, Iterative Reflections Between the Past and the Future, Image credits, References, Q&A, Afterword
