![]() ![]() ![]() The first part of the book introduces the theoretical and methodological framework for their approach the second part presents 20 research projects undertaken by students in AA Diploma Unit 4. They have named this approach Morpho-Ecology. Correlating morphogenesis and ecology, they have developed a new framework for architectural design that is firmly rooted within a biological paradigm, and thus concerned with issues of higher-level functionality and performance capacity. Through their teaching at the AA, Michael Hensel and Achim Menges have shown how this definition also suits the discipline of architecture surprisingly well: one of the central tasks for architects is to provide opportunities for habitation through specific material and energetic interventions in the physical environment. Ecology is the study of the relationship between organisms and their environment. ![]()
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