{"product_id":"computational-design-thinking-isbn-9780470665701","title":"Computational Design Thinking","description":"The current transition from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Computational Design in architecture represents a profound shift in design thinking and methods. Representation is being replaced by simulation, and the crafting of objects is moving towards the generation of integrated systems through designer-authored computational processes. While there is a particular history of such an approach in architecture, its relative newness requires the continued progression of novel modes of design thinking for the architect of the 21st century. This AD Reader establishes a foundation for such thinking.  It includes multifaceted reflections and speculations on the profound influence of computational paradigms on architecture. It presents relevant principles from the domains of mathematics and computer science, developmental and evolutionary biology, system science and philosophy, establishing a discourse for computational design thinking in architecture. Rather than a merely technical approach, the book will discuss essential intellectual concepts that are fundamental not only for a discourse on computational design but also for its practice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThis anthology provides a unique collection of seminal texts by authors, who have either provided a significant starting point through which a computational approach to design has been pursued or have played a considerable role in shaping the field. An important aspect of this book is the manner in which adjacent fields and historical texts are connected. Both the source of original inspiration and scientific thought are presented alongside contemporary writings on the continually evolving computational design discourse. Emerging from the field of science, principally the subjects of morphogenesis, evolution and mathematics, selected texts provide a historical basis for a reconfigured mindset of processes that generate, arrange and describe form. Juxtaposed against more contemporary statements regarding the influence of computation on design thinking, the book offers advancements of fundamental texts to the particular purpose of establishing novel thought processes for architecture, theoretically and practically.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first reader to provide an effective framework for computational thinking in design.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes classic texts by Johan W. von Goethe, D’Arcy Thompson, Ernst Mayr, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Gordan Pask, Christopher Alexander, John H. Holland, Nicholas Negroponte, William Mitchell, Peter J. Bentley \u0026amp; David W. Corne, Sanford Kwinter, John Frazer, Kostis Terzidis, Michael Weinstock and Achim Menges\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures new writing by: Mark Burry, Jane Burry, Manuel DeLanda and Peter Trummer.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cb\u003e8 Preface\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAchim Menges and Sean Ahlquist\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComputational Design Thinking\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSean Ahlquist and Achim Menges\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e30\u003c\/b\u003e Formation and Transformation\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohann Wolfgang von Goethe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e32\u003c\/b\u003e On the Theory of Transformations, or the Comparison of Related Forms\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD’Arcy Wentworth Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e42\u003c\/b\u003e Variational Evolution\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErnst Mayr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e50\u003c\/b\u003e The Meaning of General System Theory\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLudwig von Bertalanffy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e58\u003c\/b\u003e Systems Generating Systems\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Alexander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e68\u003c\/b\u003e The Architectural Relevance of Cybernetics\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGordon Pask\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e78\u003c\/b\u003e Towards a Humanism Through Machines\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicholas Negroponte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e86\u003c\/b\u003e A New Agenda for Computer-Aided Design\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam J Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e94\u003c\/b\u003e Algorithmic Form\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKostas Terzidis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e102\u003c\/b\u003e Architecture and Practical Design Computation\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Burry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e120\u003c\/b\u003e An Introduction to Creative Evolutionary Systems\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter J Bentley and David W Corne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e131\u003c\/b\u003e Constrained Generating Procedures\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn H Holland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e142\u003c\/b\u003e Real Virtuality\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManuel DeLanda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e149\u003c\/b\u003e A Natural Model for Architecture\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Frazer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e158\u003c\/b\u003e Morphogenesis and the Mathematics of Emergence\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Weinstock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e168\u003c\/b\u003e Philosophy of Mathematics for Computational Design: Spatial Intuition Versus Logic\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane Burry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e179\u003c\/b\u003e Associative Design: From Type to Population\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Trummer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e198\u003c\/b\u003e Integral Formation and Materialisation: Computational Form and Material Gestalt\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAchim Menges\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e211\u003c\/b\u003e The Computational Fallacy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSanford Kwinter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e216\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e218\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eProfessor Achim Menges\u003c\/b\u003eis Director of the Institute for Computational Design at Stuttgart University. Currently he is also Visiting Professor in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and Visiting Professor for the Emergent Technologies and Design Programme at the Architectural Association in London.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Ahlquist\u003c\/b\u003e is a research associate at the Institute for Computational Design at Stuttgart University. He has taught at University of California Berkeley and California College of the Arts and founded the design firm, Proces2. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Emergent Technologies and Design Programme at the Architectural Association in London.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComputational Design Thinking,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAD Reader\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited by Achim Menges and Sean Ahlquist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe current transition from Computer Aided Design (CAD) to Computational Design in architecture represents a profound shift in design thinking and methods. Representation is being replaced by simulation, and the crafting of objects is moving towards the generation of integrated systems through designer-authored computational processes. While there is a particular history of such an approach in architecture, its relative newness requires the continued progression of novel modes of design thinking for the architect of the 21st century. This AD Reader establishes a foundation for such thinking.  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