Authors

Fasonov Andrey L.
COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AS A RUNAWAY OBJECT

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №2 (46) June, 2014

The article illustrates the contemporary tendency in computational architecture and reflects topical ideas in the context of the third-generation activity theory. In this study, the basic qualities of runaway objects and contemporary modes of production (according to Yu. Engestrom) are considered with reference to computational architecture. The hypothesis is that computational architecture could be comprehended from the perspective of how runaway objects function. The goal of the study is to describe architectural processes and their outcomes in accordance with Y. Engestrom’s ideas using as examples the educational projects Branchpoint (Russia) and Emergent Technologies and Design MSc / MArch Programme (UK) as well as the evolution of computational architecture concepts since the second half of the 20th century.

Fasonov Andrey L.
THE ROLE OF “GRAFFO” SHOPPING AND OFFICE BUILDING IN FUNCTIONAL RE-ADAPTION OF EKATERINBURG ENVIRONMENT

Architecton: Proceedings of Higher Education №3 (31) September, 2010

The article describes the process of functional reuse of the architectural environment in Malyshev Street between Vostochnaya and Gagarin streets in Ekaterinburg. One of the stages in the process was the reconstruction of a former kindergarten into «Graffo» shopping and office building.