OPEN SOURCE : ARCHITECTURE AS AN OPEN CULTURE

This book proposes a reflection on frontiers of contemporary creativity through contributions from the fields of architecture, engineering, arts and mathematics. Consisting of an exhibition, an international seminar and a publication, Open Source: architecture as an open culture features Cecil Balmond, an author, engineer, designer, philosopher and structuralist who embodies this approach thus inspiring the event. Essays Interview with Cecil Balmond by Hans-Ulrich Obrist Temporal assymmetry and open source by Sanford Kwinter Lighter than air by Tomás Saraceno African inspirations for open architecture: the political economy of self-organization by Ron Eglash Harmonographic sound structures by Rubedo Bridges - Structure, architecture and aesthetics by António Adão da Fonseca Disaugmented reality by Overworld A task of subtlety by Luis Tavares Pereira Cecil Balmond in-site exhibition at Casa da Arquitectura