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Unconventional Computing in the Built Environment

Unconventional Computing in the Built Environment

Rachel Armstrong
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1941-6318|EISSN: 1941-6326|EISBN13: 9781613508558|DOI: 10.4018/jnmc.2011010101
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Armstrong, Rachel. "Unconventional Computing in the Built Environment." IJNMC vol.3, no.1 2011: pp.1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/jnmc.2011010101

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Armstrong, R. (2011). Unconventional Computing in the Built Environment. International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation (IJNMC), 3(1), 1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/jnmc.2011010101

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Armstrong, Rachel. "Unconventional Computing in the Built Environment," International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation (IJNMC) 3, no.1: 1-12. http://doi.org/10.4018/jnmc.2011010101

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Abstract

The Synthetic Biology engineering based approach to living systems intersects with the new interdisciplinary field of unconventional computing and suggests a new method for design in architectural practice. Living systems possess unique properties that are not present in digital/mechanical systems - their sensors and effectors are intrinsically coupled, perform parallel forms of computation, are able to respond to unpredictable circumstances, respond in real time to environmental changes, and possess a robustness that can result in evolutionary change. This paper proposes how living technology, operating through the principles of unconventional computing could offer new environmentally remediating materials for architectural practice using a bottom-up approach to the construction of buildings and other human-made interventions.

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