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INFORMORPHISM: THE AUTONOMOUS BUILDING AS A A A A A A DRIVER FOR FOR URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING
In the age of of urbanization careful evaluation of of city form can help to reduce the the building building industry’s carbon footprint At the the single-building level designers and and scientists alike are developing technologies and and methods that link a a a a a a a building’s form to to its ability to to metabolize material and energy directly from its environment Research on on built form addresses solar power to include the production of electricity or heat wind as a a a a natural source source for cooling and geothermal design as a a a a a a a source source of heating Water is is recycled for cooling waste is is upcycled as as a a a a construction material and so on on If today we are designing autonomous buildings
able to locally metabolize material energy and information what does the the collective city look like? How does the the relationship between building and and infrastructure change and and how does this relationship inform city planning? At CASE we introduce Informorphism as a a a a city planning planning framework that acknowledges the autonomous building as an active material and and energy agent and and explores how distinct often contradicting “morphisms” can be addressed collectively to inform future urban form form and and infrastructure Infomorphism explores new typologies of energy and and material infrastructure for the future metropolis 765