Living Construction

Name: Living Construction
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138363038
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By Martyn Dade-Robertson

Series: Bio Design

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Living Construction explores the intersection of modern biotechnology and design, revealing how synthetic biology enables the creation of sustainable, self-assembling, and adaptable materials. Martyn Dade-Robertson bridges the gap between speculative design and scientific reality, showcasing real examples from architecture, product design, and fashion. The book explains how living cells can be harnessed to fabricate and transform materials across multiple scales, offering new possibilities for design and construction.
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This book is ideal for designers, architects, biologists, and engineers interested in the innovative applications of biotechnology in design and sustainable construction. It suits readers seeking a rigorous yet accessible introduction to biodesign, blending creative vision with scientific practicality.

This book, the first in the Bio Design series, acts as a bridge between design speculation and scientific reality, and between contemporary design thinking, in areas such as architecture, product design and fashion design, and the traditional engineering approaches which currently dominate bio technologies.

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Modern biotechnologies give us unprecedented control of the fundamental building blocks of life. For designers across a range of disciplines, emerging fields such as synthetic biology offer the promise of new sustainable materials and structures which may be grown, are self-assembling, self-healing, and adaptable to change. While there is a thriving speculative discourse on the future of design in the age of biotechnology, there are few realised design applications.

This book, the first in the Bio Design series, acts as a bridge between design speculation and scientific reality and between contemporary design thinking, in areas such as architecture, product design, and fashion design, and the traditional engineering approaches which currently dominate biotechnologies. Filled with real examples, Living Construction reveals how living cells construct and transform materials through methods of fabrication and assembly at multiple scales and how designers can utilise these processes.

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By Martyn Dade-Robertson

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Praised by experts for its combination of ambitious design insight and scientific rigour, Living Construction is considered an inspiring and informative work. Jamie A. Davies, Professor of Experimental Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, highlights its grounding in achievable biological architecture rather than mere speculation. The author’s unique expertise in both architecture and synthetic biology provides a comprehensive synthesis of principles for the emerging field of biodesign, making it a valuable guide for practitioners in both arts and sciences.

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ISBN: 9781138363038

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 26 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 167g

Pages: 122

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About the Author

Martyn Dade-Robertson is Professor of Emerging Technology at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University and the Co-Director of the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment. He holds degrees in architecture, architectural computing and synthetic biology.

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