The autopoiesis of architecture v. 1 A new framework for architecture

INDICE: Preface. 0 Introduction: Architecture as Autopoietic System. 0.1 Architecture as a System of Communications. 0.2 A Unified Theory of Architecture. 0.3 Functional vs Causal Explanations. 0.4 The Quest for Comprehensiveness. 0.5 The Premises Imported from Social Systems Theory. 0.6 Architecture's Placewithin Society. 1 Architectural Theory. 1.1 The Unity of Architecture. 1.1.1 Architectural System-formation and Self-regulation. 1.2 The Evolution of Architecture. 1.2.1 Architectural Theory as Mechanism of Selection. 1.3 The Necessity of Theory. 1.3.1 The Function of Architectural Theory. 1.3.2 Types of Theories. 1.3.3 The Necessity to Reflect Architecture's Societal raison d'etre. 1.3.4 Super-theories. 1.3.5 The Theory of Architectural Autopoiesis as Domain-specific Super-theory. 1.3.6 From Deconstruction to the Programme of Critical Theory. 2 The Historical Emergence of Architecture. 2.1 The Emergence of Architecture as Self-referential System. 2.1.1 Inside-descriptions vs Outside-descriptions. 2.1.2 Function Systems. 2.1.3 The Historical Crystallization of Architecture. 2.2 Foundation and Refoundation of Architecture. 2.2.1 Autonomization: The Origin of the Discipline in the Italian Renaissance. 2.2.2 The Refoundationof the Discipline as Modern Architecture. 2.2.3 The Exclusive Competency and Universal Scope of Modern Architecture. 2.2.4 The Liberation from Traditional Formal Constraints. 2.2.5 The Switch from Edifice to Space. 2.3 Avant-garde vsMainstream. 2.3.1 A Prerequisite for Evolution. 2.3.2 The Autonomy of the Avant-garde. 2.3.3 Communications between Avant-garde and Mainstream. 2.3.4 The Reciprocal Dependency between Avant-garde and Mainstream. 2.3.5 The Time Structure of the Avant-garde Process: Cumulative vs Revolutionary Periods. 2.3.6 Concrete Exemplars vs Abstract Principles. 2.3.7 Revolution and Philosophy. 2.3.8Latent Utopias vs the Utopian Ambitions of the Historical Avant-garde. 2.3.9 Retroactive Manifestos. 2.4 Architectural Research. 2.4.1 Architectural Research as Avant-garde Design Research. 2.4.2 Architecture Schools as Laboratories.2.5 The Necessity of Demarcation. 2.5.1 The Differentiation of Art and Architecture. 2.5.2 The Differentiation of Science and Architecture. 2.5.3 The Differentiation of Architecture and Engineering. 2.5.4 The Rationality of Demarcation. 2.5.5 The Specificity of Architecture within the Design Disciplines. 3 Architecture as Autopoietic System Operations, Structures and Processes. 3.1 Architectural Autopoiesis within Functionally Differentiated Society. 3.1.1 NiklasLuhmanns Theory of Modern Society. 3.1.2 Third Order Observation. 3.1.3 Codesand Media. 3.1.4 The Concept of Social Autopoiesis. 3.2 The Autonomy of Architecture. 3.2.1 Openness through Closure. 3.2.2 Irritations. 3.2.3 Communication Structures. 3.3 The Elemental Operation of Architecture. 3.3.1 Design Decision

• ISBN: 978-0-470-77299-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 478
• Fecha Publicación: 26/11/2010
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