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Parametric Urbanism
New ways of modeling the physical shape of cities allows us to shape-shift at the touch of a keystroke. Can this ability to generate a multiplicity of possible future urbanities help make better cities?
Parametric approaches to urban design are based on creating responsive models of urban contexts that are programmed to change form according to how inputs are varied. Rather than the architect creating a final product, they instead create a space of possibilities (Phase Space) that is activated according to how various flow variables - economic, environmental, or social, are tweaked. This architectural form-making approachholds similarities to complex systems in terms of how entities are framed: less as objects in and of themselves, and more as responsive, adaptive agents, activated by differential inputs.
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Relates to topology;
Relates to variations;
Relates to differentials
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For a system to adapt, it needs to have variables to adjust.
See also: Requisite Variety
Learn more →Phase space is an abstract concept that refers to all possible behaviors available to an agent within a complex system.
Related to {{degrees-of-freedom}}. Learn more →The idea that systems can have more than one stable state.
Early versions of systems theory assumed that systems could be 'optimized' to a single condition. CAS analysis assumes that more than one system state can satisfy optimizing criteria, and so the system is able to gravitate to multiple equilibria.
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Complex systems are composed of agents governed by simple input/output rules that determine their behaviors.
One of the intriguing characteristics of complex systems is that highly sophisticated emergent phenomena can be generated by seemingly simple agents. These agents follow very simple rules - with dramatic results.
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