{"title":"Patrik Schumacher","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrik Schumacher's works delve into the theoretical underpinnings of contemporary architecture. His exploration of architecture as an autonomous, self-referential system challenges traditional perspectives and invites readers to rethink the role of design within cultural and social contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect rigorous, intellectually stimulating texts that blend philosophy, aesthetics, and urbanism. Schumacher's writing is essential for those interested in the evolving discourse of architectural theory and the dynamics shaping modern built environments.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-autopoiesis-of-architecture-volume-i-by-patrik-schumacher-9780470772980","title":"The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Volume I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book elaborates the theory of architecture's autopoiesis in eight parts, 50 sections, and 200 chapters. Each of the 50 sections poses a thesis drawing a central message from the insights articulated within the respective section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 200 chapters gather and sort the accumulated intelligence of the discipline according to the new conceptual framework adopted, in order to catalyse and elaborate the new formulations and insights that are then encapsulated in the theses. However, while the theoretical work in the text of the chapters relies on the rigorous build-up of a new theoretical language, the theses are written in ordinary language — with the theoretical concepts placed in brackets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe full list of the 50 theses affords a convenient summary printed as an appendix at the end of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464301822188,"sku":"9780470772980","price":99.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780470772980-the-autopoiesis-of-architecture-volume-i.jpg?v=1775045480"},{"product_id":"the-autopoiesis-of-architecture-volume-ii-by-patrik-schumacher-9780470666166","title":"The Autopoiesis of Architecture, Volume II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the second part of a major theoretical work by Patrik Schumacher, which outlines how the discipline of architecture should be understood as its own distinct \u003ci\u003esystem of communication\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAutopoeisis\u003c\/i\u003e comes from the Greek and means literally self-production; it was first adopted in biology in the 1970s to describe the essential characteristics of life as a circular self-organising system and has since been transposed into a theory of social systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis new approach offers architecture an arsenal of general comparative concepts. It allows architecture to be understood as a distinct discipline, which can be analysed in elaborate detail while at the same time offering insightful comparisons with other subject areas, such as art, science and political discourse. On the basis of such comparisons, the book insists on the necessity of disciplinary autonomy and argues for a sharp demarcation of design from both art and engineering. Schumacher accordingly argues controversially that design as a discipline has its own \u003ci\u003esui generis\u003c\/i\u003e intelligence – with its own internal logic, reach and limitations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhereas the first volume provides the theoretical groundwork for Schumacher’s ideas – focusing on architecture as an autopoeitic system, with its own theory, history, medium and its unique societal function – the second volume addresses the specific, contemporary challenges and tasks that architecture faces. It formulates these tasks, looking specifically at how architecture is seeking to organise and articulate the complexity of post-fordist network society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume explicitly addresses how current architecture can upgrade its design methodology in the face of an increasingly demanding task environment, characterised by both complexity and novelty. Architecture’s specific role within contemporary society is explained, and its relationship to politics is clarified. Finally, the new, global style of Parametricism is introduced and theoretically grounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599114289388,"sku":"9780470666166","price":99.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2fcac720e5ef6325a9cefb9d4052d24d.jpg?v=1778024454"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/patrik-schumacher.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}