Darwin architetto. L'evoluzione in architettura e oltreIl libro contesta la convinzione diffusa che l'architettura, nei cinquemila anni o poco più della sua storia, abbia subìto un graduale processo evolutivo come esito di una deliberata volontà di progresso da parte dell'uomo. Sostiene, al contrario, l'ipotesi deterministica di un'evoluzione intesa come prodotto inevitabile di una successione di eventi occasionali, selezionati in base a contingenze accidentali. Un'ipotesi le cui estreme conseguenze delineano un futuro inquietante. |
Contents
General outlines | 7 |
The question of design mission | 13 |
Genes and memes | 23 |
The selfish meme in architecture | 29 |
The evolution of architecture | 39 |
The evolution of the city | 53 |
Free will | 61 |
The evolution of thought | 69 |
Bibliography | 79 |
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