Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, and the Human Future

Michael W. Mehaffy; Nikos A. Salingaros

ISBN 10: 0989346951 / ISBN 13: 9780989346955

Published by Sustasis Foundation, 2015

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Title: Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, ...

Publisher: Sustasis Foundation

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Synopsis:

In this brief, accessible volume, the authors -- an urban philosopher and a mathematician-physicist -- explain the surprising new findings from the sciences that are beginning to transform environmental design in the modern era. Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros explore fractals, networks, self-organization, dynamical systems and other revolutionary ideas, describing them to non-science readers in a direct and engaging way. The book also examines fascinating new topics of design, including Agile, Wiki, Design Patterns and other "open-source" approaches from the software world. The authors conclude that a profound transformation is under way in modern design -- and today's students and practitioners will need to be aware of its implications for our future.

From the Author:

The reader finds collected here a series of essays on twenty related topics that we wrote to introduce designers and design students to new developments in the sciences underlying modern design, with a focus on the design of human settlement. These topics outline, in a brief and introductory way, the early stages of a remarkable transformation in the science and art of design. The core conclusion of the findings reported in this book is revolutionary: sustainability depends upon the geometry of design.