4E Cognition for Symbiotic Architecture?
Yann Blanchi
ISEA2023 PROCEEDINGS June 6, 2024 DOI: 10.69564/isea2023-4-short-blanchi-4e (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that architecture can be understood as a set of actors within a continuum of artificial and natural agents, informed by 4E cognitive science, and introduces the concept of 'symbiotic architecture'. |
Abstract
SHORT PAPER. With the aim of reconsidering the very nature of architecture, we propose a conceptual tool to think of architectural apparatuses as actors within a continuum composed of both artificial and natural agents. For this,we look at the cognitive sciences, particularly the 4E cognitive (embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended). We use examples from contemporary architecture to test our hypothesis and thus attempt to define what symbiotic architecture could be.