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Emergent molarities: resistances on the molecular plane of biology and digital architecture
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 12:41 authored by Loo, SThe appropriations of biology in digital architectural design, particularly genetic models for the emergence of form, tend towards the molecular, whereby emergence is given by discrete forms in relation. This paper argues for the reconsideration of the biological paradigm in architecture from the point of view of molarity, in which relations between entities are experiences as relations that are in themselves actual abstract extensions. Drawing on the work of two philosophers whose thinking has been influential in Deleuze and Guattari' molecular materialist philosophy, namely Georges Canguilhem and Gilbert Simondon, this paper identifies the status of actual molar concretisations of relations in the form of codes, diagrams and material traces of processes, and the transduction of information through these molar forms, in the ontogentic processes of individuation of human beings and technological machines alike.
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Publication title
Architectural Theory ReviewVolume
17Pagination
60-75ISSN
1326-4826Department/School
School of Architecture and DesignPublisher
The University of SydneyPlace of publication
SydneyRights statement
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