TY - JOUR
T1 - Videre: Drawing and Evolutionary Architectures
AU - Cureton, Paul
N1 - Paul Cureton, 'Videre: Drawing and Evolutionary Architectures', the final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Materials.Architecture.Design.Environment. (MADE), Issue 7, published October 2013, and is available online at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/architecture/research/journals/materials-architecture-design-environment-made/
PY - 2013/10/1
Y1 - 2013/10/1
N2 - Analysing the works of the seascape architect
Wolf Hilbertz (1938 -2007), coral scientist
Dr Thomas Goreau, architect Newton
Fallis and collective, the paper considers
the development of ‘self organizing’ natural
building materials developing a mode
of working - Cybertecture (Cybernetics
& Architecture) (Hilbertz 1970). This
investigation focuses particularly on that of
Biorock® the mineral accretion technology,
and involves a process of creating artificial
coral reefs which are stronger and more
resilient to degrading factors found on
natural reefs. The technology exemplifies an
evolutionary environmental system, a coral
which is more reliant, tradable, multiplies
in growth three to five times faster than
normal, protects coastline, and grows
fish populations through its constantly
evolving habitat (Hilbertz, Goreau 1970,
1992, 2008). Importantly the technology has
wide implications for restoring, designing
and managing fragile and threatened coral
ecosystems thus creating an emerging field of
Seascape Architecture (Goreau, Hilbertz 2005).
AB - Analysing the works of the seascape architect
Wolf Hilbertz (1938 -2007), coral scientist
Dr Thomas Goreau, architect Newton
Fallis and collective, the paper considers
the development of ‘self organizing’ natural
building materials developing a mode
of working - Cybertecture (Cybernetics
& Architecture) (Hilbertz 1970). This
investigation focuses particularly on that of
Biorock® the mineral accretion technology,
and involves a process of creating artificial
coral reefs which are stronger and more
resilient to degrading factors found on
natural reefs. The technology exemplifies an
evolutionary environmental system, a coral
which is more reliant, tradable, multiplies
in growth three to five times faster than
normal, protects coastline, and grows
fish populations through its constantly
evolving habitat (Hilbertz, Goreau 1970,
1992, 2008). Importantly the technology has
wide implications for restoring, designing
and managing fragile and threatened coral
ecosystems thus creating an emerging field of
Seascape Architecture (Goreau, Hilbertz 2005).
KW - Architecture
KW - Architectural Visualisation
KW - Marine Conservation
KW - Seascape Architecture
KW - Autopia Ampere
KW - Drawing
KW - Visualization
KW - Mineral Accretion
KW - HIlbertz
KW - Goreau
M3 - Article
SN - 1742-416x
VL - 7
SP - 18
EP - 27
JO - Materials. Architecture. Design. Environment (MADE)
JF - Materials. Architecture. Design. Environment (MADE)
ER -