Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards architecture of change / Branko Kolarevic -- Making space for time / David Leatherbarrow -- Flexible architecture : continuous and developing / Robert Kronenburg -- Devising design : agility, aptness, equilibrium, imperfection / Brian R. Sinclair -- Smart architecture, dumb buildings / Michelle Addington -- Adaptive, responsive building skins / Branko Kolarevic & Vera Parlac -- Dynamic, adaptive building envelopes / Edwin B. Hathaway -- Transformable : building structures that change themselves / Chuck Hoberman -- Beneficial change : the case for responsiveness and robotics in architecture / Tristan D'Estree Sterk -- Self-assembly and programmable materials / Skylar Tibbits -- Bio-robotic architecture / Michael Fox -- Material as mechanism in agile spaces / Vera Parlac -- Exploring responsiveness in architecture / Vera Parlac -- Diffusive architecture : a manifesto / Philip Beesley -- Rad : make alive / Rodolphe el-Khoury & Carol Moukheiber -- Architecture of participation : smart citizens, not smart cities / Usman Haque -- Powerlines / Kas Oosterhuis & Ilona Lénárd -- It is all about particles / Enric Ruiz-Geli.

Buildings are increasingly dynamic: equipped with sensors, actuators and controllers, they self-adjust in response to changes in the external and internal environments and patterns of use. Building Dynamics asks how this change manifests itself and what it means for architecture as buildings weather, programs change, envelopes adapt, interiors are reconfigured, systems replaced. Contributors including Chuck Hoberman, Robert Kronenburg, David Leatherbarrow, Kas Oosterhuis, Enric Ruiz-Geli, and many others explore the changes buildings undergo - and the scale and speed at which these occur - examining which changes are necessary, useful, desirable, and possible. The first book to offer a coherent, comprehensive approach to this topic, it draws together arguments previously only available in scattered form. Featuring the latest technologies and design approaches used in contemporary practice, the editors provide numerous examples of cutting-edge work from leading designers and engineering firms working today. An essential text for students taking design studio classes or courses in theory or technology at any level, as well as professionals interested in the latest mechatronic technologies and design techniques.