Embracing Complexity in Design

Katerina Alexiou is RCUK Academic Research Fellow at the Open University. She is an architect and holds a PhD from UCL. Her research interest is on complexity and design, particularly focusing on understanding design cognition, creativity, and social aspects of design and decision making. Jeffrey Johnson is Professor of Complexity Science and Design at the Open University, Rector of the Open University for Complex Systems in Paris and President of the Complex Systems Society. He has extensive experience of applications of complexity research to the design and management of social, physical and socio-technical systems. Theodore Zamenopoulos is Lecturer in Design at the Open University. He is an architect with a PhD in design computing and complexity from UCL. He is concerned with mathematical, computational and empirical studies of the neurological and social basis of our ability to design, but also the development of human-computer environments for design support and design learning.

Introduction 1. Generating Cities Using Complexity Theory 2. Embracing Complexity in Building Design 3. Complexity in Engineering Design 4. Using Complexity Science Framework and Multi-Agent Technology in Design 5. Complexity and Coordination in Collaborative Design 6. The Mathematical Conditions of Design Ability 7. The Art of Complex Systems Science 8. Performance, Complexity and Emergent Objects 9. Developments in Service Design Thinking and Practice 10. Metamorphosis of the Artificial 11. Embracing Design in Complexity