Hybrid: between dissidence and ecology
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.201439304Keywords:
Urban ecology, energy efficiency, hybrid, architectural aggregateAbstract
This article aims to reveal mutual relationships between two initially independent concepts: hybridization as design tactic and ecology as performance imperative, so they could be defined as intertwined ideas, promoting a novel understanding for both. Initially we question the exclusive functional characterization of hybrid buildings agreed by architecture literature, extending it with other peripheral meanings less attended by the state of the art. Secondly, we will highlight the displacement of the term from a programmatic/functional description – software – towards a performative one – hardware –. Finally we will demonstrate its contribution to energy efficiency within building entity.
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