The Complex Network of Architectural Design

Abstract:

We all know that the design thinking in architecture design is quite complex. However, the most existing studies on design thinking have been based upon reductionism. By introducing complex network theory, complexity perspective is used to re-interpret the architectural design in this paper. Moreover, the characteristics, rules and thinking characteristics of architectural creation are revealed by the characteristics of complex network. The paper advocates combining holism and reductionism to guide the architectural design, and pointed out that synesthesia exists among different factors of complex network. Based upon the scientific analysis on several famous cases, the author pointed out the great importance of synesthesia in architects' design thinking.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 357-360)
• Pages: 349-353
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.357-360.349
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xiao Ming Hu, Qiang Liu
• Keywords: Complex Network, Complexity Science, Design Thinking, Imagery, Rational

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