IJAC Special Issue on 'Ecological Levers: Autonomy and Interdependence,' Co-Edited by Adam Marcus, Tsz Yan Ng, Sina Mostafavi, Maria Yablonina, and Ehsan Baharlou, Now Published on Sage Journals
Ecological Levers: Autonomy and Interdependence,' co-edited by Adam Marcus, Tsz Yan Ng, Sina Mostafavi, Maria Yablonina, and Ehsan Baharlou, discusses the evolving role of architecture in the context of global ecological challenges. It explores the potential of design computation and emerging technologies in fostering new modes of interdependence between humans, machines, and ecosystems.
From Editorial: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14780771241298507
”This special issue explores the capacity for design computation and building automation to uncover, catalyze, support, and nurture new interdependencies among humans, machines, and ecosystems. “Ecological levers” are offered here as a metaphor to provoke a range of approaches and responses to the prompt, with levers being active agents that interface between actors or systems. In the context of simple mechanics, an exerted force at one end of a lever will meet with equal resistance from the other end. If that initial force is amplified by some type of catalyzing lever (such as a pulley system), the resulting effect can invoke a much greater force or net positive outcome, beyond that which was initially applied. This volume asks, what intermediary levers are at our disposal to initiate systemic change as we face dire ecological crises? How do we tend to the complexity of interdependent multi-parameter (or multi-lever) systems while resisting the urge to simplify them for the sake of computability? How do we establish new research cultures to effect impactful outcomes that are beneficial and lasting? How can computational processes and technologies of production contribute to our stewardship of our material world, from the nanoscale of materials to the macro scale of ecosystems? What emergent models can we reimagine for co-creation and co-existence?”
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles in this volume (Volume 22 Issue 4, December 2024):
Bamboo Spatial Systems: Developing an Integrated Computational Workflow and a Tailored Semi-Automated Fabrication Apparatus
Clay 3D Printed Hydroponics: A Paradigm to Address Global Food Insecurity
Application of Multimodal Learning in Daylight Provision and View Quality Assessment of Residential Building Layouts
Spectral Ruins: Empathy with Inanimate Material Movements
Cooperative Timber Joint Assembly: Augmented Reality Empowering Human-Robot Complementarity
Autonomous Ecologies of Construction: Collaborative Modular Robotic Material Ecosystems with Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Read the full issue at https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jaca/22/4
IJAC/ACADIA Guest Editors
Adam Marcus
Sina Mostafavi
Tsz Yan Ng
Maria Yablonina
Ehsan Baharlou
IJAC/ACADIA Editorial Board
Ehsan Baharlou
Dana Cupkova
Nathan King
Daniel Koehler
Adam Marcus
Sina Mostafavi
Tsz Yan Ng
Kyle Steinfeld
Maria Yablonina
More Info:
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