Post-Anthropocene Architectural Morphology: Future Urban Space Generation Algorithms And Sustainable Planning Based On Biological Morphogenesis Principles

This study explores the potentially radical change in the way buildings could be designed in the post-Anthropocene, where principles of biological morphogenesis would play a key role in a revolution of traditional, geometrical constraints around the current design tools, where an adaptive, self-organizing building approach would form the core of the design. The work forms a theoretical model of a growing architecture showing autonomous growth, self-repair, and adaptation to environmental factors through an extensive analytical treatment of cellular automata, smart materials, and responsive architectural technology. This study integrates computational morphogenesis, design technologies, and urban planning systems to meet 21st-century space issues. Significant discoveries include that morphogenetic algorithms can reduce waste in construction assembly by 40 to 60%, have 50% stronger flexibility on uneasy designs, and have 30% reduced energy levels than the normal method settings. This paper concludes that morphogenetic design is an important transition point for regenerative urbanism. That architecture is becoming not a manufacturing science but a growth science with profound consequences in the context of post-industrial spatial requirements.

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International Journal of Environmental Sciences
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2025-06-18
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https://doi.org/10.64252/s42hnc37
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Architecture and Computational Design
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Post-Anthropocene Architectural Morphology: Future Urban Space Generation Algorithms And Sustainable Planning Based On Biological Morphogenesis Principles

Yiyi Xu
International Journal of Environmental Sciences
Architecture and Computational Design
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Post-Anthropocene Architectural Morphology: Future Urban Space Generation Algorithms And Sustainable Planning Based On Biological Morphogenesis Principles

Yiyi Xu
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Abstract

This study explores the potentially radical change in the way buildings could be designed in the post-Anthropocene, where principles of biological morphogenesis would play a key role in a revolution of traditional, geometrical constraints around the current design tools, where an adaptive, self-organizing building approach would form the core of the design. The work forms a theoretical model of a growing architecture showing autonomous growth, self-repair, and adaptation to environmental factors through an extensive analytical treatment of cellular automata, smart materials, and responsive architectural technology. This study integrates computational morphogenesis, design technologies, and urban planning systems to meet 21st-century space issues. Significant discoveries include that morphogenetic algorithms can reduce waste in construction assembly by 40 to 60%, have 50% stronger flexibility on uneasy designs, and have 30% reduced energy levels than the normal method settings. This paper concludes that morphogenetic design is an important transition point for regenerative urbanism. That architecture is becoming not a manufacturing science but a growth science with profound consequences in the context of post-industrial spatial requirements.

International Journal of Environmental SciencesVol. 11(11s)
Nanjing Foreign Language School (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 72%
Architecture and Computational Design
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