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2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
3. Patterns of Interaction
Authors : Pia Fricker, Toni Kotnik
Published in: Patterns of Interaction
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Abstract
This chapter looks more closely at the process of contextual figuration through the lens of computational design thinking. This
design thinking is characterized by the articulation of flexible relationships between entities, often denominated as topological
diagrams. It is argued that these diagrams not only govern the use of the contextual data but are organized as a nearly
decomposable web of diagrams. From a system theory perspective, this web of diagrams is embedded in the web of laws of
nature. That means architecture is inscribed into its natural surroundings as a manmade extension. With such an understanding,
computational design intentionally shifts away from the design of objects, of elements of consumption of environmental
resources, towards the design of interrelationships—of interactions with the environment. The design of architecture, of cities,
and of landscapes and territories is not about the mere enhancing of environments, it is about building environments
themselves.
