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Author(s) -
Leach Neil
Publication year - 2009
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.911
Subject(s) - blueprint , nothing , context (archaeology) , fish <actinopterygii> , code (set theory) , natural (archaeology) , studio , computer science , environmental ethics , history , visual arts , art , archaeology , biology , epistemology , fishery , philosophy , set (abstract data type) , programming language
Code, it would seem, is everywhere. We are beginning to understand that much of our natural environment is based on rule‐based behaviours, from the emergent swarm intelligence of flocks of birds and schools of fish, to the complex patterns of snowflakes, ferns, seashells and zebra skins. And nothing escapes. Not even the human body. The human genome is being mapped out and sequenced by scientists to provide a genetic blueprint of human life itself. In this context, it is hardly surprising that architects are now beginning to explore similar principles in the design studio. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.