VersatilityandVicissitude:PerformanceinMorpho-EcologicalDesign(ArchitecturalDesign)

MichaelUHenselisanarchitect,writerandprincipalresearcherinOCEANandtheEmergenceandDesignGroup,aswellasaboardmemberofBIONIS(theBiomimeticNetworkforIndustrialSustainability),andco-founderandco-directoroftheEmergentTechnologiesandDesignmastersprogrammeattheArchitecturalAssociationSchoolofArchitecture.HeisalsoontheeditorialboardsofADandJBE(theJournalforBionicEngineering).RecentpublicationsincludeADEmergence:MorphogeneticDesignStrategies(2004),ADTechniquesandTechnologiesinMorphogeneticDesign(2006),andMorpho-Ecologies(AAPublications,2006).ForthcomingpublicationsincludeabookentitledHeterogeneousSpaceReader,whichheisco-editingwithProfessorChristopherHightandProfessorAchimMenges,tobepublishedbyJohnWileyandSonsinearly2009.Heiscurrentlyworkingontheconceptandcontentforapeer-reviewedarchitecturalresearchjournalthatwillfocusonresearchbydesign.www.ocean-north.netProfessorAchimMengesisanarchitectandpartnerinOCEANandtheEmergenceandDesignGroup.HestudiedattheTechnicalUniversityDarmstadtandgraduatedfromtheArchitecturalAssociationwithHonours.HehastaughtattheAAasStudioMasteroftheEmergentTechnologiesandDesignmastersprogrammesince2002,andasUnitMasterofDiplomaUnit4from2003to2006.Since2005hehasbeenProfessorofFormGenerationandMaterializationattheHfGOffenbachUniversityforArtandDesigninGermany.Hisresearchfocusesonthedevelopmentofintegraldesignprocessesattheintersectionofevolutionarycomputation,parametricdesign,biomimeticengineeringandcomputer-aidedmanufacturingthatenableahighlyarticulated,performativebuiltenvironment.HisresearchprojectshavebeenpublishedandexhibitedinEurope,AsiaandtheUS.HereceivedtheFEIDAD(FarEasternInternationalDigitalArchitecturalDesign)OutstandingDesignAwardin2002,theFEIDADDesignMeritAwardin2003,theArchiprixInternationalAward2003,RIBATutorPrice2004,theInternationalBentleyEducatoroftheYearAward2005andtheACADIA2007AwardforEmergingDigitalPractice.www.achimmenges.netwww.ocean-north.net