Evolutionary Architecture? Some Perspectives From Biological Design

Architects' view of nature tends to rest on the assumption that it is inherently efficient in its use of materials and energy, and essentially ingenious and elegant in its solutions. This perception in science is one that has been propounded through Darwinism: the notion that refinement of ‘design’ is achieved through repetitive selection, variation and mutation. The renowned biologist J Scott Turner argues here that there is little evidence that living design actually comes about in this way. Instead, looking to Darwin's French contemporary Claude Bernard and his theory of homeostasis, he proposes that living systems converge on effective design much faster and more predictably than a simple regime of natural selection alone would suggest. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Less Answers More Questions

Is architecture heading for a ‘procedural mathematic cul-de-sac’? Are architects just too ready to settle for the ‘well-defined certainty of parametricism’, having got stuck on a mathematics of pattern? Will McLean , Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, urges designers to open themselves up to the wider delights of mathematics and the full range of possibilities that the discipline has to offer. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

探求查尔斯·柯里亚建筑作品中的物质性与精神性——以贝拉布尔住宅区为例

该文以分析查尔斯·柯里亚(Charles Correa)建筑作品中物质性与精神性的表达为切入点,从价值观念和意识形态两个方面,结合他深邃的建筑思想,通过对贝拉布尔住宅区的深入剖析,全面解读了查尔斯·柯里亚(Charles Correa)的建筑作品对印度社会生活的思考,探求了设计师在建筑作品中体现物质性与精神性的设计方法。     

Charles G. Gross: Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

This document presents the citation awarded to Charles G. Gross, recipient of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Gross accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

从文明史角度考察美国风景园林创始阶段的历史人物及其启示简

美国现代风景园林学的肇始在全球范围内具有重要意义。从文明史的角度考察了美国现代风景园林创始阶段的几位历史人物,包括唐宁、奥姆斯特德、查尔斯·埃利奥特等3位,回顾了他们的时代背景、主要经历、代表作品和重要思想,并以此启示今天我国风景园林学科的发展,提出前瞻性、思想、尺度、人与自然的关系、合作等当前风景园林学需要讨论的重要议题。     

Inventing the Rural: A Brief History of Modern Architecture in the Countryside

The rural has long occupied a valuable, if under-theorised position in modern architectural history. Here, Cole Roskam , Assistant Professor of Architectural History at the University of Hong Kong, highlights key moments in this history and, in doing so, illuminates a central paradox at the heart of architecture's various turns to the countryside; namely, can architects maintain the physical and social integrity of the rural when they are themselves a fundamental vector of its changing character?     

从收藏到建筑从建筑到收藏——纽约克罗埃斯特博物馆

纽约克罗埃斯特博物馆是一个收藏中世纪建筑与艺术品的博物馆。周围20英里的森林保证了它的永久环境与景观。建筑师查尔斯·科伦斯利用中世纪建筑构件的收藏品建成了这个举世瞩目的博物馆,并使之成为纽约大都会博物馆的分馆。欧洲12-14世纪不同地区和不同风格的建筑样式得以再现,不仅有效地保护了收藏品,还把藏品还原到原有的建筑空间与环境当中,成为建筑史与博物馆历史上的奇迹。     

《大卫·科波菲尔》中的人物刻画技巧与人物特征分析

狄更斯是19世纪欧洲最伟大的批判现实主义作家之一,他对劳动者的同情和赞美,其小说错综复杂的故事情节以及幽默风趣的语言都为他赢得了声名。人物塑造则是狄更斯小说一个最为重要的组成部分。从语言、行为、人物外貌等方面分析《大卫.科波菲尔》中的人物刻画技巧和人物性格特征。     

查尔斯·詹克斯的宇源建筑理论评析

宇源建筑学是查尔斯·詹克斯在研究西方当代建筑中所取得的最新成果。在这个理论中,詹克斯试图借助当代科学的最新概念解释西方当代建筑发展中所出现的复杂现象。相对于其前期的后现代建筑理论,宇源建筑学更加重视现代科学作为建筑创作源泉的合法性,并部分承认了高技派、解构派建筑的价值。     

A Visit to Leipzig and Prague Psychological Institutes.

In this article the author reports on a visit to the Psychological Institutes at Leipzig University and at Charles (Karlova) University in Prague. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)