This is the second part of a major theoretical work by Patrik
Schumacher, which outlines how the discipline of architecture
should be understood as its own distinct "system of communication."
"Autopoeisis" comes from the Greek and means literally
self-production; it was first adopted in biology in the 1970s to
describe the essential characteristics of life as a circular
self-organizing system and has since been transposed into a theory
of social systems. This new approach offers architecture an arsenal
of general comparative concepts. It allows architecture to be
understood as a distinct discipline, which can be analyzed in
elaborate detail while at the same time offering insightful
comparisons with other subject areas, such as art, science and
political discourse. On the basis of such comparisons the book
insists on the necessity of disciplinary autonomy and argues for a
sharp demarcation of design from both art and engineering.
Schumacher accordingly argues controversially that design as a
discipline has its own "sui generis" intelligence - with its own
internal logic, reach and limitations.
Whereas the first volume provides the theoretical groundwork for
Schumacher's ideas - focusing on architecture as an autopoeitic
system, with its own theory, history, medium and its unique
societal function - the second volume addresses the specific,
contemporary challenges and tasks that architecture faces. It
formulates these tasks, looking specifically at how architecture is
seeking to organize and articulate the complexity of post-fordist
network society. The volume explicitly addresses how current
architecture can upgrade its design methodology in the face of an
increasingly demanding task environment, characterized by both
complexity and novelty. Architecture's specific role within
contemporary society is explained and its relationship to politics
is clarified. Finally, the new, global style of Parametricism is
introduced and theoretically grounded.
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