{"product_id":"2940157342180","title":"Design for a Living Planet","description":"In this brief, accessible volume, the authors -- an urban philosopher and a mathematician-physicist -- explain the surprising new findings from the sciences that are beginning to transform environmental design in the modern era. Authors Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros explore fractals, networks, self-organization, dynamical systems and other revolutionary ideas, describing them to non-science readers in a direct and engaging way. The book also examines fascinating new topics of design, including Agile, Wiki, Design Patterns and other 'open-source' approaches from the software world. The authors conclude that a profound transformation is under way in modern design -- and today's students and practitioners will need to be aware of its implications for our future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucidly describes what's coming in the world of design -- and what needs to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Ward Cunningham, Inventor of wiki, and pioneer of Pattern Languages of Programming, Agile, and Scrum \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Essential reading for all urban designers.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Jeff Speck, Author of Walkable City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- Charles Montgomery, Author of Happy City \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Inspired, compelling and fascinating... Recognizes that a true architecture can be dug from the facts, insights, and theories, that occur with a broadening of science to include the human being.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Christopher Alexander, Author of A Pattern Language and Notes on the Synthesis of Form\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome comments on the individual chapters:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Packed with detail and beautiful in presentation.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Gil Friend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Human society must find a path of retreat. Salingaros and Mehaffy point the way.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- David Brussat, Providence Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros have written some brilliant articles on how we can co-create cities which are truly resilient, rather than being \u0026amp;slquo;engineered resilient'.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Smallworld Urbanism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For me, this essay was like a flash of insight, and I suddenly saw the world in a new light.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- Oeyvind Holmstad, Permaliv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We've just come across a very thoughtful article by Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros... [who] draw a number of lessons from biological systems and use them to draw conclusions about how resilient human systems must be designed.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Resilient Design Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Salingaros and Mehaffy take us from the configuration of city spaces to the order of cells in living beings.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Jaap Dawson, Delft Institute of Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you wanted to know where the cutting edge was in urban design, it is here.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- Patrick J. Kennedy, CarFreeInBigD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the single most intelligent and illuminating article I've seen on Archdaily in 3 years.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Nìming Pínglùn Zhe, China","brand":"Sustasis Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103953567984,"sku":"2940157342180","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157342180_p0.jpg?v=1764094157","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157342180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}