structural intelligence

Structural Intelligence Depends on Planet Carrying Capacity

By Marilyn Hamilton|2017-04-07T02:57:32+00:00August 2nd, 2012|Categories: Building - Structures|Tags: Alexander, building intelligence, carrying capacity, climate, Collapse, DeKay, Diamond, dissipative structure, ecological footprint, eLABORATORY, human hive, infrastructural systems, McDonough, structural intelligence|0 Comments

The essential structural and infrastructural systems of the city exist to support the direct and indirect survival of its citizen bodies, relationships and exchanges. Even as cities become increasingly adept at creating built solutions to meet human demands, they seem to be disconnecting from the ultimate infrastructure on which their systems depend – namely [...]

Structural Intelligence Supports Fulness of Humanity

Structural (or building) intelligence represents the “ Its” space of the human hive. This intelligence connects us to the time-space realities of the city, that we see, feel, hear, smell, touch and taste. It gives us the capacity to structure and systematize our environment to sustain our complex adaptive life systems. City structures are made [...]