Este es un antiguo enlace que tenia pendiente, sobre arquitectura metabólica. Rachel Amstrong trabaja para diversos arquitectos y artistas en las investigaciones entre materia, naturaleza y vida. Junto a un equipo de científicos, trabajan en el desarrollo de una protocélula sin ADN capaz de ser modificada y adquirir los comportamientos que ellos diseñan. Con esto son capaces de crear una arquitectura "emergente" que cambia el proceso de diseño "descendente" de los arquitectos, a un sistema de diseño "ascendente" de lo local a lo global. Crear soluciones a partir de la lógica del material, de los comportamientos de este, de la escala pequeña a la escala grande.
Biografía:
Dr Armstrong is an interdisciplinary researcher who has trained as a medical doctor and tutors fifth year MArch students in the modification of biological systems for their technical dissertations at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. She has also collaborated with international artists such as Helen Chadwick , Orlan and Stelarc who engaged with the technologies of extreme body modification and the impact of extreme environments on biological systems in projects that exemplified her broader interest in the way in which the environment can directly shape organisms through biotechnological interventions. Her work currently focuses on the development of Metabolic Materials for Living Buildings where she works in collaboration with international architects and scientists.
Pagina web:
http://www.rachelarmstrong.me/
