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Computational design has become widely accepted into mainstream architecture, but this is the first book to advocate applying it to create adaptable masterplans for rapid urban growth, urban heterogeneity, through computational urbanism. Practitioners and researchers here discuss ideas from the fields of architecture, urbanism, the natural sciences, computer science, economics, and mathematics to find solutions for managing urban change in Asia and developing countries throughout the world. Divided into four parts (historical and theoretical background, our current situation, methodologies, and prototypical practices), the book includes a series of essays, interviews, built case studies, and original research to accompany chapters written by editor Tom Verebes to give you the most comprehensive overview of this approach.

Essays by Marina Lathouri, Jorge Fiori, Jonathan Solomon, Patrik Schumacher, Peter Trummer, and David Jason Gerber.

Interviews with Dana Cuff, Xu Wei Guo, Matthew Prior, Tom Barker, Su Yunsheng, and Brett Steele.

Built case studies by Zaha Hadid Architects, James Corner Field Operations, XWG Studio, MAD, OCEAN Consultancy Network, Plasma Studio, Groundlab, Peter Trummer, Serie Architects, dotA, and Rocker-Lange Architects.

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• Foreword(p. xi)
• Preface and Acknowledgments(p. xiii)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Part I Context: Endurance, Obsolescence, and Change-a Theoretical Foundation(p. 5)
• Chapter 1 The City as Cultural and Technological Expression(p. 7)
• 1.1 Globalization and Networks(p. 7)
• 1.2 The Edge of Chaos(p. 13)
• 1.3 The Associative Logic of Urbanism(p. 15)
• Chapter 2 Projective Architectures; The Question, of Borders in a Connected World(p. 20)
• Chapter 3 Conversation 1(p. 23)
• Chapter 4 The New New(p. 28)
• 4.1 Ancient China and The New(p. 28)
• 4.2 Urban Europe: a Brief History of Its Industrialization and Planning(p. 30)
• 4.3 The Paradigm of the New World Instant City(p. 34)
• 4.4 The Dubai Mirage(p. 36)
• Chapter 5 Informal City: Design as Political Engagement(p. 40)
• Chapter 6 Conversation 2(p. 48)
• Chapter 7 Urbanization and Erasure(p. 54)
• 7.1 The Trouble with Speed Freaks(p. 54)
• 7.2 Ghosts of the Past(p. 57)
• 7.3 An Ecological Model for Twenty-First Century Urbanism(p. 60)
• 7.4 The Problem of Functionality, Endurance, and Obsolescence(p. 62)
• 7.5 Time, Change, and Adaptation(p. 64)
• Chapter 8 Public-Spheres: Atmosphere and Adaptable Space in Hong Kong(p. 68)
• Something in the Air(p. 69)
• Hong Kong's Public-Sphere(p. 71)
• The City as Natural Artifice(p. 73)
• Chapter 9 Conversation 3(p. 75)
• Case Study(p. 80)
• Case Study Flowing Gardens, International Horticultural Expo, Xi'an, China(p. 82)
• Part II Concepts/Paradigms: New Paradigms and Practices in Urbanism(p. 85)
• Chapter 10 The Death of Masterplanning in the Age of Indeterminacy(p. 87)
• 10.1 Planning and/or Emergence(p. 87)
• 10.2 Teleological Fallacies of the Masterplanner(p. 92)
• 10.3 Principles of Uncertainty: Planning after the Global Financial Crisis(p. 95)
• 10.4 Complex systems, Equilibrium, and Emergence(p. 99)
• 10.5 Parametric Patterns and Models of Evolutionary Urbanism(p. 106)
• Chapter 11 Free-Market Urbanism: Urbanism Beyond Planning(p. 118)
• Chapter 12 Conversation 4(p. 123)
• Case Study One North Singapore Science Hub, Singapore(p. 129)
• Case Study Urban China Research(p. 132)
• Case Study Kaili Ethnic Cultural Compound, Guizhou, China dotA and Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute(p. 135)
• Part III Methodologies: Tools and Moving Targets(p. 139)
• Chapter 13 A New Toolbox For Adaptable Masterplanning(p. 141)
• 13.1 Models as Information(p. 141)
• 13.2 Parameter Space, Solution Space, Urban Space(p. 144)
• 13.3 Simulation and Gaming Environments as Management Systems(p. 148)
• Chapter 14 Morphogenetic Urbanism: Toward a Materialist Approach to Masterplanning(p. 153)
• The Aggregated Figure(p. 154)
• The Ground as Matter(p. 156)
• Case Study Parametric Pearl River Delta Ocean CN(p. 158)
• Case Study Serial Systems: Remodeling Hong Kong Housing Ocean CN(p. 162)
• Case Study Density and Openness Revisited: Recoding Building Bulk in Hong Kong(p. 165)
• Chapter 15 Computational Urbanism(p. 168)
• 15.1 The Evolution of Computational Methodologies and Urbanism(p. 168)
• 15.2 Automation, Optioneering, and Optimization(p. 175)
• 15.3 Parametric Urbanism(p. 180)
• Chapter 16 Parametric Urbanism Redux: Urban Design and Complexity in an Age of Infinite Computing(p. 186)
• Chapter 17 Conversation 5(p. 193)
• Case Study Yan Jiao Hua Run 4D City, Hebei Province, China dotA and Ocean CN(p. 198)
• Case Study Mica Urban Picturesque, Geneva, Switzerland Group8 Architects and Kaisersrot(p. 205)
• Case Study The Megablock and Its Populated Field, and the Aggregation of Streets(p. 209)
• Case Study Endurance and Obsolescence Toolbox: Studies of Adaptable Masterplanning The University of Hong Kong(p. 214)
• Part IV Projections: Prototyping Multiple Futures(p. 221)
• Chapter 18 Endurance, Obsolescence, and the Adaptive City(p. 223)
• 18.1 New Prototypical Practices(p. 223)
• 18.2 Typological Variants and Topological Transformations(p. 226)
• 18.3 Icons and Innovation(p. 230)
• 18.4 Control, Resilience, and Change(p. 232)
• Case Study Deep Ground: Regeneration Masterplan for Longgang Center and Longcheng Square, Shenzhen, China Groundlab(p. 237)
• Case Study Xin Tian Di Factory H, Hangzhou, China Serie Architects(p. 241)
• Case Study Regeneration of Phoenix Shopping Street, Beijing, China Xwg Studio(p. 245)
• Case Study Ordos Museum, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Mad(p. 248)
• Case Study Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Passenger Terminal Building, Hong Kong Sar/Shenzhen, China Hong Kong Parametric Design Association, dotA, and Ocean CN(p. 253)
• Case Study Counterpart Cities: Futureport, Hong Kong Sar, Shenzhen, China The University of Hong Kong Research Team, Led By Tom Verebes(p. 259)
• Chapter 19 Conversation 6 Brett Steele with Tom Verebes(p. 266)
• Conclusion Tom Verebes(p. 273)
• Bibliography(p. 275)
• Notes on Contributors(p. 283)
• Index(p. 291)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Tom Verebes is Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, and Director of OCEAN CN Consultancy Network.