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Im still not sure whether the author believes he is prophet or messiah. A new framework for architecture patrik schumacher. The first of two volumes that together present a comprehensive account of architecture s autopoiesis, the autopoiesis of architecture. This generalized view of autopoiesis considers systems as selfproducing not in terms of their physical components, but in terms of its organization, which can be measured in terms of information and complexity. Patrik schumacher the autopoiesis of architecture part. I what follows is a theorybased proposition for research methods directed to support design in the context of biogenerative.
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