Biodesign in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

<p><em>Biodesign in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Deep Green</em> investigates the potential<i> </i>of nature-based technology for shaping<i> </i>the evolution of contemporary architecture<i> </i>and design. It takes on the now pervasive<i> </i>topic of design intelligence extending its<i> </i>definition to encompass both biological<i> </i>and digital realms.</p><p>As in their first title <i>Systemic Architecture: Operating Manual for the Self-Organizing City</i> the authors engage the topic through<i> </i>the specific lens of their innovative design<i> </i>practice ecoLogicStudio and their research<i> </i>at the University of Innsbruck and at the<i> </i>Bartlett UCL. Part One of the book entitled<i> </i>PhotoSynthetica(TM) illustrates design<i> </i>solutions that engage the urban microbiome<i> </i>and seek to achieve an immediate<i> </i>impact while Part Two entitled Deep<i> </i>Green includes synthetic landscapes and<i> </i>operates within a much larger spatio-temporal<i> </i>frame going beyond human perception<i> </i>and life span to envision design as a<i> </i>geographical and geological force.</p><p>In the age of catastrophic climate change <i> </i>such perceptual expansion helps to clarify<i> </i>that change cannot simply be stopped<i> </i>or rolled back. We must instead establish<i> </i>more positive dynamics of change within<i> </i>the living world. To this end this book proposes<i> </i>to engage with design and architecture<i> </i>as an extended cognitive interface a<i> </i>sentient being that is co-evolutionary and<i> </i>symbiotic with the living planet contributing<i> </i>to its beauty and to our continued enjoyment of it.</p>