Architecture and identity : responses to cultural and technological change / created by Chris Abel

Includes bibliographical references (pages and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Science and technology 1.Evolutionary planning Biological models Self-organizing systems Urban patterns Megastructure versus fragmentation 2.Ditching the dinosaur sanctuary Performance criteria Myths and misconceptions Integrated design Variable production Numerically controlled machines The cybernetic factory Changing human roles Universal machines for specialized markets 3.Empathy in science and design Theories of knowledge Particularism Sense of place New paradigm human science Competing theories Environmental dialogues Common focus 4.Return to craft manufacture Bridging the gap Design development Smart tools CAD + CAM = craftsmanship Responsive architecture Battle for the real Modern Movement 5.Visible and invisible complexities Adaptive machines Responsive systems Age of complexity Customized design and manufacture Cybercity Note continued: Pseudo-complexities Sham images Inclusive approach Local space and global mind 6.The virtual studio Lost knowledge New model of design education The Biotech Architecture Workshop Another dimension Networking the studio 7.Genetic designs: a memetic critique Genetic algorithms The memetic perspective Contentious issues Definition Transmission Embodiment Selection Autonomy Embedded algorithms Conclusions 8.Technically embodied selves Technics and the human Knowing bodies The enigma of the self Active externalism Fields of being Modes of transmission Memes and types Digital distractions Second lives Multiple selves pt. II Critical theory 9.Cultures as complex wholes: a developmental perspective Genetic epistemology Cultural evolution Piaget's equilibrium model Unselfconscious and self-conscious cultures Alexander's error Reflective cultures Note continued: 10.Architectural language games Analogical thinking Language as a model Linguistic theory Language games Critical relativism Methods of criticism Levels of interpretation Partisan criticism Different systems of belief Architecture and social identity 11.Tacit knowing in learning to design Tacit knowing Indwelling Bodies of knowledge Architectural paradigms Role-playing Educational implications Conclusions 12.Metaphor in architectural creativity Definitions of metaphor Metaphor in architectural criticism Dynamic and creative role of metaphor New architectural concepts Addendum 13.The essential tension Flirtation with form Ways of thinking Complementary opposites West meets East Timeless modernity Green machines Another kind of ambiguity 14.Tradition, innovation and linked solutions Meaning of a paradigm Disciplinary matrix Dynamic model Note continued: Continuity and discontinuity Modernist ambiguities Innovation as integration pt. III Regionalism and globalization 15.Architecture as identity: the essence of architecture Theoretical approaches The problem of essence Universalists versus relativists The diversity of ordinary language Meaning is use Ways of being 16.Living in a hybrid world: built sources of Malaysian identity Relations of degree Architectural journeys Urban infusions World architectures Adaptive qualities Cultural identity Modern architecture and neo-colonialism Emergent cultures 17.Regional transformations Cross-cultural effects Mixed lessons from colonial architecture Questions of definition Bauhaus brainwash Recent initiatives Renaissance of Islamic architecture Changing urban context Spectrum of approaches Challenge to Western hegemony 18.Localization versus globalization Hybridization Note continued: Structure of Asian cities Pacific shift Global paradox Pacific Age vision 19.Towards a global eco-culture Post-colonial patterns of development Alternative development paradigms Choosing technology Self-build housing Hybrid technologies Modern regionalism Implementation Cultural typologies New rationality 20.Asian urban futures: the view from the East Charles Correa and the New Bombay Plan Ken Yeang and the bioclimatic city Tay Kheng Soon and the tropical megacity Liu Thai Ker and the constellation city Force for change The development city model 21.A fragile habitation: coming to terms with the Australian landscape Urbanized population Archetypal Australian dwelling Suburban patterns New arrivals Plan typologies Illusion of sustainability 22.Reimagining the Vertical Garden City The Garden City legacy End of the great Australian dream High-rise innovations Note continued: The Vertical Architecture STudio Vertical farming Multi-dimensional spatial structures Expansion of the public realm

Expanding his collected essays on architectural theory and criticism, Chris Abel pursues his explorations across disciplinary and regional boundaries in search of a deeper understanding of architecture in the evolution of human culture and identity formation. From his earliest writings predicting the computer-based revolution in customized architectural production, through his novel studies on 'tacit knowing' in design or hybridization in regional and colonial architecture, to his radical theory of the 'extended self', Abel has been a consistently fresh and provocative thinker, contesting both conventions and intellectual fashions. This revised third edition includes a new introduction and six additional chapters by the author covering a broad range of related topics, up to recent concerns with genetic design methods and virtual selves. Together with the former essays, the book presents a unique global perspective on the changing cultural issues and technologies shaping human identities and the built environment in diverse parts of the world, both East and West