Performance-Oriented Architecture

Dedication 005

Acknowledgements 005

Foreword by David Leatherbarrow 009

Introduction: The Task at Hand 015

Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Notion of Performance 017

Chapter 2: A Brief History of the Notion of Performance in Architecture 023

Chapter 3: Non-Discrete Architectures 031

Chapter 4: Non-Anthropocentric Architectures 045

Chapter 5: Traits of Performance-Oriented Architecture 053

Local Climate and Microclimate 057

Material Performance 059

The Active Architectural Boundary, the Articulated Envelope and Heterogeneous Environments 067

The Extended Threshold 082

Second-Degree Auxiliarity: Supplementary Architectures 095

First-Degree Auxiliarity: Embedded Architectures 109

Multiple Grounds and Settlement Patterns 116

Chapter 6: The Road(s) Ahead 133

Select Bibliography 143

Index 148

Picture Credits 152