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Patterns in Performance‐Orientated Design: An Approach towards Pattern Recognition, Generation and Instrumentalisation
Author(s) -
Hensel Michael,
Menges Achim
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.984
Subject(s) - performative utterance , architecture , natural (archaeology) , sociology , design elements and principles , architectural engineering , visual arts , aesthetics , engineering , history , art , archaeology , systems engineering
The question of pattern in architecture generally divides architects into two distinct groups: those with an aesthetic interest in man‐made ornament; and those who take a deeper interest in the processes that underlie the formation of pattern in the natural world. An investigation of the performative, though, enables an exploration of pattern that arises out of the interaction of man‐made interventions with the natural environment. Michael Hensel , Professor for research by Design at AHO, the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, and Achim Menges of the Emtech (Emergent Technologies and Design programme) at the Architectural Association in London, explore this arena based on their research and educational work at the AA and other international institutions, which focuses on aspects of performance in the built environment. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.