Performative Architecture

Performative Architecture discusses an emerging approach to architecture in which building performance is a guiding design principle. This architecture places broadly defined performance above or on par with form making; it utilizes digital technologies of quantitative and qualitative performance-based simulation to offer a comprehensive new approach to the design of the built environment. This book brings together some of the leading individuals from different realms - architects, engineers, theoreticians, technologists - with the aim of providing informed views of what is meant by performances in architecture and of architecture. A driving force behind this assemblage was the desire to investigate the impact of the recent surge in computational instrument development and use in architectural practice and "high performance" buildings. The book illustrates that buildings embodying the notion of "integration" or "high performance" concepts are developed through highly interactive relations between architects and engineers. This integration is primary influenced by the "process" of collaboration.