Analogical Thinking in Architecture

List of Analogical Plates
List of Figures
Acknowledgements

Introduction: Analogy Beyond Resemblance
A Spectrum of Definitions
A Canonical Example
A Paucity of Theories for a Plethora of Facts
Design Process, Repertories, Cities and Theories

1 Reflecting on Design Thinking
The Design Process as an Object of Research
Cybernetic and Methodological Analogues
Analogy as Creative Technique
Toward a Cognitive Approach to Design
The Rise of Design Thinking

2 The Cyclical Case of Biological Analogies
The Intertwined Fates of Architecture and Biology
Peter Collins and the Biological Analogy
Philip Steadman and the Evolutionary Design of Artefacts
George Hersey and the Biological Roots of Architecture
Analogical Reasoning and the Burden of Proof
Life Cycles of Biological Analogies

3 In the Labyrinth of Analogous Cities
The Citta Analoga as a Visual Enigma
The Critical Misfortune of a Hypothesis
Climbing the Analogical Mountain
Back to Square One with Aldo Rossi

4 From Linguistic Metaphors to Critical Analogies
Classical Regimes of Resemblance
Post-modern Metaphors of the Column
Critiques of Linguistic Analogy
Colin Rowe's Method of Analogical Pairing

Conclusion: Connecting Design and Theory in the Built Environment
The Analogical World of the Project
Analogy as Inclusive Device
Snakes and Ladders
Digital Analogues and Artificial Imagination
Cognitive Leaps are the Order of Things

Bibliography
Index

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• Estrutura e design arquitectónico
• Teoria da Arquitectura

analogy; biological; Charles Jencks; cognitive leaps; Colin Rowe; creative; design; Geoffrey Broadbent; Le Corbusier; linguistic; metaphor; Peter Eisenman; psychology; similarity; symbolism; thinking; visual