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I've Heard About … (A Flat, Fat, Growing Urban Experiment): Extract of Neighbourhood Protocols
Author(s) -
Roche François
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.915
Subject(s) - urbanism , neighbourhood (mathematics) , reflexivity , new urbanism , urban planning , scripting language , sociology , urban design , computer science , aesthetics , architectural engineering , art , visual arts , engineering , civil engineering , social science , architecture , mathematics , mathematical analysis , operating system
Urban models are conventionally planned and intended to control urban systems. François Roche's vision is to the contrary: it is for an unpredictable organic urbanism. A biostructure develops its own adaptive behaviour, based on growth scripts and open algorithms. It is entirely reflexive, responding to human occupation and expression rather than being managed or operated at human will. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.