From Tectonic To Biotechnical

This whole notion of architecture paying closer attention to thermodynamics during the design process more than the tectonic is an intriguing way of looking at our profession.  As good as it seems to be able to as Philippe Rahm says “to imagine climactic phenomena such as convection, conduction or evaporation for example as new tools for architectural composition”; I feel like this is a theory still very much in its infancy and I honestly don’t see how it will catch on with the general architecture community very quickly.  I mean I feel like todays architects are trending in more of a direction towards making more sustainable buildings in increasingly nuanced and unconventional ways, but to completely sacrifice some of the design control in order to make a building that completely is dictated by things like thermodynamics and dual flow air ventilation seems to be something most architects are willing to give up just yet.  This may just be my opinion because all of this stuff about the building being looked at as more of a living, breathing organism in a larger ecosystem just kind of goes right over my head but I can say that honestly in some of the examples that I have seen so far, just based off of tectonics and how the building looks, they aren’t that impressive.  I feel like it is something that might come around eventually but I think right now there are ways to make buildings more naturally ventilated and sustainable that allow more design freedom to the architect and that is where this will stay for a while.