Network Practices: New Strategies in Architecture and Design

224 Pages·2007·8.044 MB·English

by  Anthony Burke, Therese Tierney

Network Practices
Anthony Burke and Therese Tierney, editors
Network Practices
New Strategies in Architecture and Design
Princeton Architectural Press, New York
www.papress.com
Published by
Princeton Architectural Press
37 East Seventh Street
New York, New York 10003
For a free catalog of books, call 1.800.722.6657.
Visit our web site at www.papress.com.
© 2007 Princeton Architectural Press
All rights reserved
Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens
10 09 08 07 4 3 2 1 First edition
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without
written permission from the publisher, except in the context of reviews.
Every reasonable attempt has been made to identify owners of copyright.
Errors or omissions will be corrected in subsequent editions.
Editor: Scott Tennent
Content editor: Ron Nyren
Design: 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 Data
Network 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 2007
720.285’465—dc22
2006036320
Table of Contents
Preface
Anthony Burke and Therese Tierney
25
The Architectural Brain
Mark Wigley
30
Redefining Network Paradigms
Anthony Burke
54
Biological Networks:
On Neurons, Cellular Automata,
and Relational Architectures
Therese Tierney
78
Scalar Networks, Super Creeps:
Approaching the Non-Standard
in the Architecture of Servo
Christopher Hight
100
Stop Motion Studies
David Crawford
116
Material Agency
Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser
120
The Dom-in(f)o House
Dagmar Richter
132
From Data to Its Organizing
Structure
George Legrady
144
Beyond Code
C. E. B. Reas
166
Climbing through Complexity
Ceilings
Peter J. Bentley
178
Multi-National City: Inside
Outsourcing
Reinhold Martin
198
Intelligence After Theory
Michael Speaks
212
Acknowledgments
218
Image Credits
220
Contributor Biographies
222
A short visual introduction to Network Practices:

from:
The Architectural Brain
see p. 51
9
from:
The Architectural Brain
see p. 51
10