Sketches of radiolarianfrom The Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ circa 1858. ‘Radiolarians condense their structure according to the flow of forces by controlling the diameter of the individual bubbles intersecting the global sphere in the radiolarian. Bubble clusters with a high amount of small diameter bubbles have a large amount of membrane surface, which finally results […]

Fig, Banyan, and Mangrove tree species show many possibilities with their aerial root configuration for genetic manipulation, creating sustainable structures from plant species. As our understanding of the human and plant genomes continues, we will gain the ability to manipulate these structures at the genetic level, both during embryonic development and after. As the world’s […]

these three videos set the discourse for the current building methadology within this latest project, whereby emergent properties arise through the interaction of singular building agents. how can these systems be implemented within the built environment at the scale of an architural proposal? material sciences must look towards biological designs, rather than nineteenth century methods–technology […]

Performing multiple roles within the watershed the main goal of this project aims at cleansing the Huron River, upon which a discourse will be built between the natural ecosystem and the people who inhabit it [the watershed]. Dual functions will result from the architectural structure system; an exploration of transferring information and data into architectural […]

Studying principles of aggregation, influenced by D’Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing and Ernst Haeckel, Andy Lomas uses mathematical aggregation equations to produce beautiful natural organic forms. The other source comes from the exhibition at Museum of Design, Zurich. einfach komplex – Bildbäume und Baumbilder in der Wissenschaft. — 4 September 2005. -JB Andy Lomas Paul Bourke

an interesting article from 2006, swarm architecture ii. this is a very intriguing article in light of the recent project which will show a design for a system of autonomous agents along the huron watershed. -JB Space is a computation. Architects design constructs as to structure the movements of information. This is true for the […]

thousands of autonomous building blocks roam the huron watershed, testing for pollution. walking in random directions near the protected riverside banks, the building units send out an alert when the stimuli has been found–a positive test for one of the rivers known pollutants. sending out a wireless transmission to the the units neighbors within the […]

ARTIFICIAL PARADISE, Inc from Jp Frenay on Vimeo. an interesting video by Jean-Paul Frenay

the fractal forest|growing place project is one concept for the third institute of advanced architecture competition–the self sufficient city. more information on the project will be available as the competition unfolds. this is one of many ideas for the competition, as we will explore the urban edge and its relationship to emergence. meanwhile, hoping to […]