May 20, 03:52 pm
Presentation of the Gulf Research Project at Harvard
George Katodrytis presented at the Gulf Research Project seminar, Harvard University: Re-Conceiving the Built Environment of the Gulf Region
A seminar that took place at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Massachusetts, 28-29 April 2007
Colonies of evolving morpho(eco)logies
“Morphology is not only the study of material things and of the forms of material things, but has its dynamical aspect, under which we deal with the interpretation, in term of force, of the operations of Energy”
On Growth and Form, 1942, D’Arcy Thompson
Self-organization is a dynamic and adaptive process through which systems achieve and maintain survival without external control. The research and design of such morpho(eco)logical systems engage the examination of physical systems in relation to their capacity to modulate climates, and spatial and programmatic opportunities. Such systems may exist as an extraordinary mixture of geography, climate, economics, demography, mechanics and culture that are understood as a whole. These new prototypes and innovations – in environmentally and culturally adaptive designs for the Gulf Region – may prove appropriate for a region saturated by the abundant inventions of its own success.
Project site: Al Lulu Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Collective Studio work
Lina: Coastal energy studies
Mariam: Waterfront structure
Ahmad: Horizontal / Vertical
Basel: Adaptive landscape
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