Architecture of Patterns

Fromthestructureoftheuniversetotheprintonyourgrandmother'scouch,patternsarefoundinavarietyofconcreteandconceptualphenomena.Forarchitecture,somethingthatsoeasilytrafficsbetweenscienceandtastedemandsattention,whichpartiallyexplainspatterns'recentrevivalacrossdiversestylisticandintellectualcamps.Yet,despitetheirubiquity,theirresurgenceremainsun-theorizedandtheircapabilitiesunderutilized.Todatenoaccounthasbeengivenfortheirrecentproliferation,norhavetheirvariousformalandfunctionalcapacitiesbeenexamined.Infact,therelationshipbetweenpatternsandarchitecturehasn'tbeenaddressedinalmost30years.Thisbookfillsthatgapbytrackingthedefinitionsandapplicationsofpatternsinanumberoffields,andbysuggestinghowcontemporarypatternsmightbeusedindesign.Drawingonhistoricalmaterialandrecentcasestudies,itgivesshapetopatterns'emergingpotential.TheArchitectureofPatternsprovidesanupdateddefinitionofpatternsthatisatoncepreciseandexpansive-onethatallowstheirsensory,ephemeral,anditerativetraitstobetakenasseriouslyastheirfunctional,everlasting,andessentialones.BookdesignbyDavidCarson.ForewordbySanfordKwinter.ProjectsbyAtelierManferdini,BjarkeIngelsGroup,CiroNajle,EMERGENT/ThomasWiscombe,ForeignOfficeArchitects,JasonPayneandHeatherRoberge,HerzoganddeMeuron,J.MayerH.Architects,Reiser+Umemoto,ResponsiveSystemsGroup,and!ndiearchitecture.