Architecture and technology: future of cities

Preface Norman Foster p.9
Introduction: The Machine is the Garden Vishaan Chakrabarti p.11

New Challenges for Cities
What's Next Winy Maas p.17
Beyond Digital Nicholas Negroponte p.27
Select Current Topics in Urban Economics and Economics Challenges
Facing Big Cities Kenneth Rogoff p.35
Entrepreneurial, Liveable, High-performance Districts in Cities Kent Larson p.45
Robotic Interiors Hasier Larrea p.61
From St. Benedict to Block Chain: Experiments Obeying the Rule Ben Vickers p.71
Innovation Policy for Governance David Moinina Sengeh p.83

Informal Settlements
The Global Challenge of Informal Settlements Luis M. A. Bettencourt p.91
The Human and Social Dynamics of Urban Informality: Longitudinal Research
in Rio's Favelas Janice Perlman p.103
Favelas at the Vanguard Theresa Williamson p.119
Community Driven Strategies for Affordable Housing in Cities Celine D'Cruz p.131
Homegrown Cities Rajeev Kathpalia p.143

Mobility and Transport
Seven Dimensions of Mobility Tim Stonor p.159
Senseable Mobility Carlo Ratti p.167
Droneports and Beyond: Robot and Al Futures in New Economies Jonathan Ledgard p.179
Can Monorail Become a Preferred Choice for Improved Urban Mobility? Thomas J Stone p.187
Disruptive Cities: Managing Transformation with New Mobility Tily Chang p.205
The Power of Change in the Streets: Mexico City Urban Mobility Case Study Laura p.215
Ballesteros Mexico City Towards the 21st Century Fernando Romero p.225

Parcipation and Community Building
The Power of Participation Francis Kérė p.235
Atmospheres of Social Interaction Belinda Tato and José Luis Vallejo p.241
Cities Are the Answer... What Was the Question? Alfredo Brillembourg p.257

Culture and Arts
Automation, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture Antoine Picon p.275
The City of Social Media Beatriz Colomina p.289
A Truly Joyous Machine, by Joyous I Mean Free Anne Faucheret p.299
The Importance of Place lan Goldin p.317
Meeting in the Middle: Audience Agency Todd Eckert p.333

In Practice
Algorithms and Architecture Amanda Levete p.345
Digital Technology for Building and Design Greg Lynn p.355
Rethinking Architecture: Interrelations between Biology and Building Achim Menges p.365
Living Architecture Systems Philip Beesley p.379
Animacy Aesthetics Ruairi Glynn p.391
Rethinking Materiality on the Age of Rapid Urbanisation Anupama Kundoo p.407
Instruments of Design Intelligence Farshid Moussavi p.421
Polycephalum: Aesthetic as a Measure of Ecological Intelligence Claudia Pasquero p.431
The Intelligence of Hands Benedetta Tagliabue p.453

Maching Learning and Digital Fabrication
Sensibilities of a Digital Building Culture Matthias Kohler p.459
Digital Materiality in Architecture Fatbio Gramazio p.463
The 3D Printing Revolution |Xavier De Kestelier p.471
The 3D Printing Revolution I| Manuel Jiménez Garcia p.477
Help People by Helping a Machine to Copy Itself Adrian Bowyer p.485
Investigating Complex Modelling: From Material
to Computation and Back Again Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen p.497
Are the Factories Prepared for the Next Generation of Workers? How Big Data is
Changing the Way We Interact with the Machinery Iňigo Lazkanotegui p.511

Technologies to Come
Technology, Robots and Ethics Pablo Jarauta p.517
Designing Calm Technology Amber Case p.527
Shaping Atmospheres: Thermal Envelopes and Bioclimatic Robots Anna Dyson p.537
Where the Natural and the Artificial Meet Hugh Herr p.553
Blood and Lasers Mary Lou Jepsen p.561
The Age of Entanglement and the 10,000 Year Clock W Daniel Hillis p.571
Robots in Construction: a Practical Review Gijs van der Velden p.575