Premium
Protocells: The Universal Solvent
Author(s) -
Spiller Neil
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1213
Subject(s) - protocell , antithesis , architecture , alchemy , procurement , synthetic biology , computer science , engineering , engineering ethics , systems engineering , management , economics , biology , epistemology , philosophy , history , bioinformatics , theology , membrane , genetics , archaeology
Protocell architecture inverts the current economic and procurement processes of construction with their emphasis on cost, speed and quantifiable outcomes. Wet, semi‐living and symbiotic with ecological systems and materials, protocell systems promise a pargadigm that is the very antithesis of existing practice and will require the employment of very different skills sets and approaches. To ease the intellectual transition from hard engineering to chemical solutions, Neil Spiller investigates the enduring notion of alchemy. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.