Monday, April 2, 2012

Vigorous Environments

Vigorous Environments by Michael Hensel and Kivi Sotama

Ocean North's design philosophy stems from the idea that structure should no longer be a static material object but rather formations that orchestrate programmatic relationships throughout the day.

They see the environment as a dynamically unfolding generative field and suggest a primacy of process over events, of relationships over entities, and development over structure. There aims to be a relational dynamics between material form, ambient conditions and social arrangements.

To which degree can design control be suspended? The role of control must shift from generating stable alignments and relationships between elements to regulation of generative processes which are in exchanging the dynamics of the environment

How can relational dynamics be regulated without inflexible forms of hard control? The traditional process of hypothesis-analysis-synthesis is eroded, ongoing analysis must inform intervention in exchanges with the environment

How can evolving environments produce responsive conditions and synergetic effects? We must reposition the role of technology as a facilitator of transformative processes. A two-way transfer of information establishes a precondition for synergy and feeback.

 Interactivity requires concepts, methods, and mechanisms for establishing dynamic feedback relations between subject and milieu.The main question is what types of phenomena and mechanisms of exchange  catalyse feedback relations.

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