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Architecture and adaptation : [Book] from cybernetics to tangible computing / Socrates Yiannoudes.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: xiii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781138843165 (paperback)
  • 9781138843158 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.47 23
Other classification:
  • 720.47
Summary: Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures, digitally driven building parts, interactive installations, intelligent environments, early precedents and their historical context, socio-cultural aspects of adaptive architecture, the history and theory of artificial life, the theory of human-computer interaction, tangible computing, and the social studies of technology. Author Socrates Yiannoudes proposes tools and frameworks for researchers to evaluate examples and tendencies in adaptive architecture. Illustrated with more than 50 black and white images.
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor 720.47 YIA-A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 58027
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Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures, digitally driven building parts, interactive installations, intelligent environments, early precedents and their historical context, socio-cultural aspects of adaptive architecture, the history and theory of artificial life, the theory of human-computer interaction, tangible computing, and the social studies of technology. Author Socrates Yiannoudes proposes tools and frameworks for researchers to evaluate examples and tendencies in adaptive architecture. Illustrated with more than 50 black and white images.

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