The promise of performative: Relational, genetic and scripted models in architectural design

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of performative models within the context of architectural design. Understanding the performances of the built environment can be postulated in rather different manners. It is commonly expected that the built environment complies with the diverse and changing requirements of its users. It is equally required that buildings are economically constructed, easily maintained, energy efficient, safe and aesthetically pleasing. Yet, such expectations are complex and consist of a great number of intertwined effects that are not easy to synchronize during architectural design process. Although they can be precisely evaluated and quantitatively expressed, the values specifying the performances, such as temperature, humidity and intensity of light or sound, in traditionally established course of architectural design are usually only considered throughout the post-rationalization or correction of the architectural design. The research presented in this paper explores design mechanisms, for direct and formative incorporation of feedback information into the very conception of architectural form.Ovaj rad istrazuje ulogu performativnog modela u procesu arhitektonskog projektovanja. Razumevanje performansi izgradjenog okruzenja mozemo postaviti na veoma razlicite nacine. Danas ocekujemo da izgradjeni objekti budu uskladjeni sa razlicitim i promenljivim potrebama svojih korisnika, da budu ekonomicno izgradjeni, pogodni za odrzavanje, energetski efikasni, bezbedni i estetski ugodni. Medjutim, ovakva ocekivanja su slozena i sastoje se od velikog broja medjusobno povezanih uticaja koje nije lako uskladiti tokom arhitektonskog projektovanja. Iako mogu biti precizno evaluirane i izrazene kvantitativnim putem, vrednosti koje odredjuju performanse, kao sto su temperatura, vlaznost, intenzitet svetlosti ili zvuka, u tradicionalno uspostavljenom toku arhitektonskog projektovanja se najcesce primenjuju samo za naknadnu racionalizaciju ili delimicnu korekciju arhitektonskog projekta. Predmet istrazivanja ove studije se odnosi na mehanizme za neposredno i formativno ukljucivanje povratnih informacija, koje nastaju putem evaluacije modela, u sam tok koncepcije arhitektonske forme.