The contents of the book will highlight the differences between the design and engineering disciplines - strengths and flaws. It will also illustrate examples of interdisciplinary interactions. Any false dichotomies will be revealed and the many non-linear processes borne out of challenging conventions between traditional and new modes of practice will be revealed. Projects based on a body of experience spanning many years will be selected to support experimentation that goes beyond an undisciplined search for originality, innovation and creativity. In addition to writings from Hanif Kara and Daniel Bosia contributions will be sought from specialists in the field who have played a role in the operations of P.art(r) at AKT II - past and present - qualifying them to disseminate and distribute a particular form of 'knowledge'.* Features work of architectural practices: Adjaye Associates, Foster + Partners, Heatherwick Studio, HOK, Serie Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects.* In addition to AKT II, it will encompass the work of engineers and engineering consultants such as: Arup, Cecil Balmond, Buckminster Fuller, Buro Happold, Pier Luigi Nervi and Peter Rice.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7FUTURE FOCUS 8-9Mohsen MostafaviENGINEERING AS EXPLORATION 10-11John OchsendorfPART 1 INTRODUCTION AND TERRAIN 12-13Hanif Kara1 THE 'PINK NOISE' OF DESIGN ENGINEERING 14-33Hanif Kara2 DIGITAL TO POST-DIGITAL 34-51Daniel Bosia3 SO DIGITAL, IT'S ANALOGUE 52-61Jordan Brandt4 ARCHITECTURE-ENGINEERING INTERFACE 62-75Sawako Kaijima and Panagiotis Michalatos5 ABACUS AND SKETCH 76-87Andrew Ruck6 DIGITAL DEXTERITY 88-95Djordje Stojanovic7 DIGITAL VERNACULAR 96-109Jeroen Janssen and Adiam SertzuPART 2 HEFT, ONTOLOGY AND HORIZON 110-111Daniel Bosia8 GEOMETRY AND ORGANISATION 112-125Daniel Bosia9 MATERIAL MATTER 126-139Ed Moseley and Martijn Veltkamp10 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS 140-151Philip Isaac11 FORCES OF NATURE 152-165Jeroen Janssen and Marc Zanchetta12 STRUCTURAL SKINS 166-181Marco Cerini13 HYBRID SHELLS 182-193Jeroen Janssen and Richard Parker14 TENSILE STRUCTURES 194-213Diego Cervera de la Rosa and Alessandro Margnelli; James Kingman15 INTERWEAVING PRACTICE 214-233Edoardo TibuzziEDITOR BIOGRAPHIES 234CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES 235SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 236INDEX 237-240