BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY URBANISM
Dr. Juan López Sauceda
Metropolitan Autonomous University, Lerma Unit
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Cities are systems that evolve spontaneously under the auspices of human societies in circumstances of broad nature.
In this sense, they are as natural as anthills, beehives or reefs, and should not be thought of as human artifacts that need to be redesigned at will.
Its organization and morphology are subject to inherent dynamics of change, whose origin comes from its own people and its involvement as builders agents and interactions that characterize them as determining authorities in urban construction.
In this context, cities are natural complex systems and can therefore be understood under the approach of the "biocomplexity".
Taking the approach of cities as social networks integrated and embedded in space and time (Space of Fluids, SF), and as an essential part of an Open Space Complex System (OSCS) as its structural substrate, a general framework is necessary to understand: 1) The structure and morphology of cities; 2) their processes of internal and external interaction; 3) the further development of their physical and procedural infrastructure from emerging properties that are pressing to these entities.
Understanding this framework is the primary goal of this chapter, starting from the premise of comprehending the city from their different degrees of biocomplexity through these two conceptual tools (SF and OSCS). Finally, to enroll this perspective in various architectural and contemporary scientific proposals will allow us to reflect on the potential of these tools in establishing solutions to current generic urban problems.
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