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AIA CPD Workshop to Edra44 Providence: 'Neuroergonomics and Urban Design' Item Type Presentation Authors Tracada, Eleni; Caperna, Antonio; Serafini, Stefano Download date 24/09/2021 02:25:34 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10545/303579 Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada, Antonio Caperna International Society of Biourbanism Since 2011 the International Society of Biourbanism has been established, as an interdisciplinary community of scholars aimed at giving a new epistemological frame to urban studies. The Society has members in Europe (Italy, UK , The Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Greece), Australia, Russia, and USA. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada The ISB publishes a biannual peer -reviewed journal Journal of Biourbanism (JBU) www.journalofbiourbanism.org Eleni Tracada, PhD editor in chief The ISB activity Service design for urban and social change by implementing biourbanism issues (Progetto Artena, Segni SEED, Progetto LEPUS) Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada The ISB activity Urban projects Public and university lectures, workshops, and participation in international conferences AtArtena summer schlhool (Rome, Ital y) . Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Rome. Bus Deposit. EDRA44-PROVIDENCE. May 29/June 1, 2013 Providence, Rhode Island. ATAC plan, by lea angeloni, irene castelli, nicoletta cosentino, valeria, di marco, alessandro giangrande, silvia gnetti, fausta mecarelli, elena mortola, romina perito caterina pilo boyl Biophilic Design. Theory and practice, by Antonio Caperna, Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada ATAC plan, by lea angeloni, irene castelli, nicoletta cosentino, valeria, di marco, alessandro giangrande, silvia gnetti, fausta mecarelli, elena mortola, romina peritore, caterina pilo boyl Summer School “Neuroergonomics and Urban Placemaking Main Subjects: Biour ban ism EiEnvironment tlPhlal Psychology Patterns in Physics Biology Neurophysiology and Design Algorithmic Sustainable Design Biourban Acupuncture Evidence-based Design Placemaking Service Design for Cities International Society of Biourbanism [email protected] | www.biourbanism.org Marco Casagrande (Helsinki/Taipei) OK, but… what is Biourbanism? The first definition of the term “biourbanism” has been given in 2010 by the philosopher and psychologist Stefano Serafini (ISB), the bio-statistician and expert in complexity theory Alessandro Giuliani (Italian NIH), the architects Antonio Caperna and Alessia Cerqua (Roma Tre University), and the mathematician and urban theorist Nikos A. Salingaros (University of Texas at San Antonio). See: www.biourbanism.org/biourbanism-definition/ Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Biourbanism means considering the city as a living organism, and study it within the frame of Integrated Systems Sciences and the last advancements of Life Sciences, mainly: Laws of form and Self-organization in evolution (S. Kauffman, A. Lima-de-Faria) Epigenetics Systems Biology Constructal Law (A. Bejan) Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Different Authors have already considered the city to be like an organism at the beginning of the 20th century, ege.g. the biologist and urbanist Patrick Geddes Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Nevertheless the concept of organism was strongly biased by a functionalist view , making it very close to a machine. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada What has ttlltotallychdhanged ithlin the last tttwenty years isnot urbanism only, but rather the very concept of what an “organism” is. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Four modern fathers of Biology of Form: Nikolaj Vavilov (Russia) D’Arcy Thompson (UK) Antonio Lima-de-Faria (Sverige) Giuseppe Sermonti (Italy) DISCLAIMER! We are not dealing with a kind of INTELLIGENT DESIGN vs LUCKY SCRIBBLE Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada rather we are dlidealing with LAWS OF FORM vs SELECTIONISM Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada A substantial difference, as First opposition occurs among two metaphysical programs, which are equivalent from an eppgistemological point of view; Second one accurs among a nomological- empirical view, and a historical one about Life Sciences. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada The so called Intelligent Design is a cultural reaction against Evolution’s invasiveness in metaphysics and theodicy. It’s not science, whatever some Authors belonging to such a movement can say. Nevertheless, it has an intellectual dignity. It belongs to a “biblical/darwinian horizon”. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada • The LUCKY SCRIBBLE (Life by chance and necessity – Ch. Darwin, J. Monod) is a cultural reaction against Religion’s invasiveness in science and cosmology. • It’s not science, whatever some Authors belonging to such a movement can say. • NthlNevertheless, it has an itlltintellectua ldignity it . • It belongs to a “biblical/darwinian horizon”. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Darwin or Bible? More a common horizon than a radical opposition Darwin admittedly got inspired by reverend Malthus, who believed God to use hunger and diseases to prod humankind evolution. In the place of such a coruscating deity,Darwinput Natural Selection. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Genesis 1, 11--2727 Composed probably during the 5th century BC, when naturalistic pre-socratic pppyhilosophy was flourishing in Ionia, not so far away from Middle-East coasts. IthIn the biibeginning GdGod creatdted the heaven and the earth, then plants, then acquatic animals, then birds, then other more complex animals, and finally man. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada The Osaka Group for the Study of Dynamical Structures Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Wings appear suddenly in genera and species with no direct geneticreltilationshi p-ptterosaur, btbat, bir d, itinsect, flying fish – according to a biological periodicity of forms, as in the MdlMendeleev tbltableof eltlements. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada The spandrels of SMSan Marco Examples of “free-rider” characters (“spandrels”) Insects’ wings Bacterial digestion of sugars Noise of heart beat …they are everywhere! Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Forms and functions of genetically-not- correlated organisms follow identical patterns. Such patterns are the result of natural laws, and show up earlier than the gene. Here they are, “constraints”. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Whypigs have no wings? Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada The old «central dogma» of molecular biology: RNA PROTEINS DNA U n i v o c a l a n d l i n e a r d i r e c t i o n has just stop working Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada PHISICAL CONSTRAINTS / ENVIRONMENT DNA RNA TRANSPOSONS FENOTYPES Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Other experimental questions • Evo-devo • Epigenetics • Horizontal transfer of genetic heritage (transposons) • Physical constraints • Internal constraints • Systems Biology • Etc. Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada • Charles Darwin (1809-1882): Gradual and linear selection of adaptive characters background: NEWTON MECHANICS (linear dynamics of bodies) • Julian Huxley (1887-1975): Neodarwinism or Modern Synthesis, selection by recombination of mendelian characters background: STATISTICAL MECHANICS ( Boltzman’s dynamics of gases) • René Thom (1923-2002): Epigenomics, Systems Biology, Laws of Form background: PHYSICS OF COMPLEXITY (non-linear dynamics of complex systems) Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada Catastrophes and fractals matter for designers "The great merit (and the big scandal!) of the theory of catttastroph es was saying tha t it is possible to produce a theory about events and forms of the world, regardless of thesubtbstra te, thenature of matil”terial” (R. Thom, 1993) THE RETURN OF THE LAWS OF FORM In addition (()and often substitution of) to natural selection mathematical and physical and chemical laws explain the spontaneous self-organization and emergence of optimal form and functions in nature The Fibonacci patterns is ubiquitous in nature. It can be found in galaxies , seashells, magnetized droplets in a viscous medium, florets organization in plants. Sunflower beams spirals (clockwise versus counterclockwise) are typically Fibonacci numbers (21 and 34 respectively) . Neuroergonomics and Urban Design, Antonio Caperna , Stefano Serafini, Eleni Tracada