The Building’s Function In The Containment And Organization Of Activities In The Kiron System
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
81
Pages
11
Published
2005
Size
332 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/ECO050281
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
E. C. Curiel-Carias
Abstract
The dual purpose of meeting the great housing needs of inter-tropical zones, without further compromising the stability of their ecosystems, requires new concepts that help bridge the gap that exists between the organizational schemes of natural and artificial systems. Based on the wide scientific information available about living systems (LSs), this paper – through analogies and deductions – presents some of the attributes that must be included in the concept of containment and organization of buildings closely linked to LSs. To this end, the concept of the Kiron System (KS) is presented, which is a new level in the hierarchy of hybrid, semi-artificial nature, formed by three sub-systems: ecosystem, the human body as an organism or biosystem, and the building or artificial system. Its function is, precisely, to eliminate the dichotomy between the organizational logic of natural systems and artificial systems; an organization where these systems can link their matter, energy and information processes to form the functional components of KS. It is in the core of the KS where the concept of containment and organization of activities, traditionally assigned to buildings, is modified. The boundaries of the Kiron System become the newKeywords
buildings, living systems, artificial systems, hybrid systems.