Open source architecture
Open source architecture by Carlo Ratti is a 2015 Business & Economics book written by TED speaker Carlo Ratti, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Architecture that senses and responds" (2011), 784K views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 4 years after the talk.
- Edition: Thames & Hudson, 2015 · 144 pages
The paired TED talk
Architecture that senses and responds (2011), the TED talk by Carlo Ratti.
From the publisher
Open Source Architecture is a visionary manifesto for the architecture of tomorrow that argues for a paradigm shift from architecture as a means of supporting the ego-fueled grand visions of "starchitects" to a collaborative, inclusive, network-driven process inspired by twenty-first-century trends such as crowd-sourcing, open access, and mass customization. The question is how collaborative design can avoid becoming design-by-committee. Authors Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel navigate this topic nimbly in chapters such as "Why It Did Not Work" and "Learning from the Network." They also meet the essential requirement of any manifesto, considering the applications of open-source architecture not only conceptually but also in practice, in chapters such as "Open Source Gets Physical" and "Building Harmonies." Open Source Architecture is an important new work on the frontlines of architectural thought and practice.