Architecture's Constructal Theory

Flow, Entropy, or Exploring Adaptive Design, Flow Dynamics, and Creative Constructal Transformation in Architecture
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-37144-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 323 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This book explores the intersection of fluidity, entropy, climatic heterotopia, and the thermodynamic ontology of space. Rooted in an actantial framework where energy, matter, and spatial transformations interact, it challenges conventional architectural discourse by proposing a vision of design as an irreversible process—one shaped by dynamic environmental forces and systemic flows.

The book examines key concepts such as parametric design, material adaptability, and climatic responsiveness which are through the lens of Adrian Bejan's Constructal Law, offering a radical reimagining of architecture’s evolving role in the twenty-first century. The author provides a deeper understanding of how spaces can be designed to adapt and evolve dynamically, creating more efficient and sustainable environments. This book serves as both a conceptual manifesto and an inspirational design manual, featuring cutting-edge research, striking architectural graphics, and experimental design methodologies.

This book is essential for students, researchers, and practitioners engaged in computational design, sustainable spatial systems, and the future of architectural innovation. It invites readers to explore architecture as a thermodynamically active system, redefining the built environment for a sustainable future.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mavromatidis, Lazaros

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Technische Thermodynamik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architekturtheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: Architecture, flow, and the conditions of possibility.- Ideation = fluidity: Ideation, irreversibility, and the constructal ontology of space.- Equilibrium = constructal: Towards adaptive, responsive architectural forms.- Des-equilibrum = emergence: Architecture as a bio-constructal riemannian manifold.- Epilogue: Actantialreconfiguration.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Lazaros Mavromatidis is Architect–Engineer, Ph.D., HDR, and Full Professor of Architectural Science and Technology at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais - Univesité Paris Sciences et Lettres. His research operates at the intersection of applied and constructal thermodynamics, architectural theory, and design, advancing a transdisciplinary understanding of architecture as a dynamic system shaped by flows of energy, matter, and information. He earned his degree from the National Technical University of Athens and completed a joint Ph.D. at INSA Lyon and ENTPE. He obtained the HDR from the prestigious Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers of Paris in 2021. His work is widely published and cited across thermodynamics, building science, and architectural research.