Title: Hylozoic Ground : liminal responsive architecture /
Authors: Beesley, Philip, 1956-; Gorbet, Rob.; Ohrstedt, Pernilla, 1980-; Isaacs, Hayley, 1980-; Beesley, Philip, 1956-
Publisher: Riverside Architectural Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Beesley, Philip, Exhibitions.; Beesley, Philip,; Art and architecture Canada Exhibitions.; Kinetic sculpture Canada Exhibitions.; Interactive art Canada Exhibitions.; Geotextiles Canada Exhibitions.; Architectural design; Sculpture, Canadian Exhibitions.; Interactive art Canada.; Kinetic sculpture Canada.; Installations (Art) Canada.; Art and architecture Canada.
Contents: Introduction : Liminal responsive architecture / Philip Beesley -- Synthetic geology: landscape remediation in an age of benign geotextiles / Geoff Manaugh -- Liberating the infinite architectural substance / Neil Spiller -- Queasy posthumanism: hylozoic ground / Cary Wolfe -- Architecture of contingency / Michelle Addington -- Integrated systems: the breathing cycle / Jonah Humphrey -- Topology and geometry: the hylozoic mesh / Christian Joakim -- Component design and actuated devices: an evolutionary process / William Elsworthy -- Revealing the hylozoic ground interaction layer / Rob Gorbet -- Hylozoic soil chemistries & unanswered questions in the origin of life -- Hylozoic series: component detail plates -- Afterword : Immanence and empathy -- Hylozoic series chronology: 2007-2010.