Architecture Publications
Title
Fluid Urbanism: How Information Steered Architecture Might Reshape the Dynamics of Civic Dwelling
Campus Units
Architecture
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2018
Journal or Book Title
The Plan Journal
Volume
3
Issue
2
First Page
401
Last Page
426
DOI
10.15274/tpj.2018.03.02.8
Abstract
This paper speculates on how new forms of dwelling might be re-conceived as more nimble, flexible components: ones capable of deploying to different sites and atmospheres, while simultaneously providing more broadly distributed access to amenities that otherwise remain limited to the privileged few. Specifically, it examines the notion of a mobile dwelling architecture that could be deployed to various sites across the city - each site being characterized by particular “niche” offerings. Here, rather than dwelling units being considered as static entities within the urban fabric, they are re-considered as nimble, deployable agents - able to relocate to different sites and settings in accordance with different parameters that are customized through individual cost-benefit analyses and feedback dynamics. Accordingly, over time, bottom-up, self-organizing “niches” of fit inhabitation emerge. The paper associates this kind of designed environment with the dynamics of complex adaptive systems - where emergent global features arise from the bottom-up. Here, a kind of “swarm” urbanism is deployed: one adjusting over time in response to atmospheric variables.
Copyright Owner
Maggioli SpA - THE PLAN Journal
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Wohl, Sharon and Revariah, Reny, "Fluid Urbanism: How Information Steered Architecture Might Reshape the Dynamics of Civic Dwelling" (2018). Architecture Publications. 105.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/arch_pubs/105
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Comments
This article is published as Wohl, S., Revariah, R., Fluid Urbanism: How Information Steered Architecture Might Reshape the Dynamics of Civic Dwelling. The Plan Journal, 2018, 3(2);401-426. Doi: 10.15274/tpj.2018.03.02.8. Posted with permission.