Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Chapter 02_Emergent Green Survivalism

Archigram proposed sensitised plants which detect gardeners desires (Archigram no. 9 - David Greene "Bottery")
"The system monitors urban homeostasis functions - temperature, transport, goods supply, craneways, self-sufficiency, population, plug-in infrastructure (where alterations to the physical system are required - i.e. add a capsule to hydration module 1.0), birth rate/death rate, food supply, consumption, recreation and power supply" - Dennis Crompton, Computer City 1946 (p121)






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The discussion of an architectural survivalism adminstered through technology and social program CANNOT ignore the survival of the natural organic environment. 
Emergent Green Architecture "survivalism" is borne.  In this system, the sustainability of a built environment works in union with the requirements of the architecture. They are dependant on each other.

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