«Architecture and Adaptation | From Cybernetics to Tangible Computing» (Routledge editions), is the new book by Sokratis Giannoudis, Lecturer in Architectural Design at the School of Architectural Engineering of the Technical University of Crete.
Abstract:
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.