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The twin revolutions of the global economy and omnipresent Internet connectivity have had a profound impact on architectural design. Geographical gaps and, in many cases, architecture's tie to the built world itself have evaporated in the face of our new networked society. Form is now conceptualized by architects, engineers, and artists as reflexive, contingent, and distributed.
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Network Practices
Anthony Burke and Therese Tierney, editors
New Strategies in Architecture and Design
Princeton Architectural Press, New Yorkwww.papress.com
Network Practices
Published byPrinceton Architectural Press37 East Seventh StreetNew York, New York 10003
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© 2007 Princeton Architectural PressAll rights reservedPrinted and bound in Canada by Friesens10 09 08 07 4 3 2 1 First edition
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Editor: Scott TennentContent editor: Ron NyrenDesign: Jan Haux
Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Sara Bader, Dorothy Ball, Nicola Bednarek, Janet Behning, Becca Casbon, Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Pete Fitzpatrick, Sara Hart, Clare Jacobson, John King, Mark Lamster, Nancy Eklund Later, Linda Lee, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson Packard, Jennifer Thompson, Joseph Weston, and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press —Kevin C. Lippert, publisher
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNetwork practices : new strategies in architecture and design / Anthony Burke and Therese Tierney, editors. — 1st ed.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references.ISBN 1-56898-701-3 (alk. paper)1. Architecture and technology. 2. Design and technology. 3. Computer networks. I. Burke, Anthony, 1970– II. Tierney, Therese.NA2543.T43N48 2007720.285’465—dc222006036320
Table of Contents
PrefaceAnthony Burke and Therese Tierney
The Architectural BrainMark Wigley
Redefining Network ParadigmsAnthony Burke
Biological Networks: On Neurons, Cellular Automata, and Relational ArchitecturesTherese Tierney
Scalar Networks, Super Creeps: Approaching the Non-Standard in the Architecture of ServoChristopher Hight
Stop Motion StudiesDavid Crawford
Material AgencyPeter Testa and Devyn Weiser
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The Dom-in(f)o HouseDagmar Richter
From Data to Its Organizing StructureGeorge Legrady
Beyond CodeC. E. B. Reas
Climbing through Complexity CeilingsPeter J. Bentley
Multi-National City: Inside OutsourcingReinhold Martin
Intelligence After TheoryMichael Speaks
Acknowledgments
Image Credits
Contributor Biographies
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A short visual introduction to Network Practices:
from:The Architectural Brainsee p. 51
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from:Redefining Network Paradigmssee p. 69
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from:Biological Networks: On Neurons, Cellular Automata, and Relational Architecturessee p. 91
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