EMERGENT SYMMETRIES

Highly complex designs can be described as layered§objects whose parts are all related symmetrically.§Meier offers an architecture that presents itself as a system of systems of a hyper-refined§construction. Such a design exemplifies formal§qualities of abstraction, layering, complexity and§depth, all appearing impenetrable to any analysis§using the existing methods. The representational§model is built upon abstraction, projection,§weighting and layering. The wall functions as a§distributor of the forms of architecture: the articulation in relief and the organizational§scaffolding . A new layering strategy borrows§elements from both and organizes the whole construct§along the premises of group theory. Such a synthesis§articulates the partial order lattice of the§configuration and carries through the computation.§Design is a mode of computation that explicitly§exercises both imagination and reason. A major§challenge is the degree to which the decompositions§provided prove visually the established discourses on§the subject. That s an aspect of further critical§research on the ability of this methodology to align§itself with existing analytical discourses and prove§them or not.