Dissipative Architecture

The nature of information and related technologies has been subject to an important mutation within the past century. With the deployment of a remarkable technological intensity and extensity, architects gradually have transformed our perception of the relation between culture and nature. Through Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Hilberseimer and Archizoom, the utopian belief of harnessing natural assets has slowly shifted to a dystopian approach regarding technology relentless absorption of nature. Today, the work of Francois Roche presents the critical synergy that operates the lost of boundaries separating the two views, a dissipative movement between utopia and dystopia, a movement named atopia.