EMBRACING CITIES COMPLEXITY
CITIES ARECOMPLEX
AGENT BASED HETEROGENEOUS DYNAMIC
FEEDBACK ORGANIZATION EMERGENCE
CITIES AREORGANIC
Living systems are open self-organizing life forms that interact with their environment.
These systems are maintained by flows of information, energy and matter.
EDGAR MORIN MARGARET MEAD FRANCISCO VARELA
5 STEPS FOR A CITY ANALYSIS
STEP 1SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS
BIOSPHERE
Ecosystems
Communyties
Species
OrganismOrgan systems
Organs
Tissus
Cells
Organells
Molecules
Atomes
BIOMESNESTED
COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES TO « CREATE A MEMBRANE »
MUMBAI
SHANGHAI
STEP 1 - SYSTEMIC APPROACH YOUR CITY :
EMBR
ACIN
G CI
TIES
COM
PLEX
ITY
STEP 2PATTERN, SINGULARITY
& PURPOSE
PATTERNS
SINGULARITY
SINGULARITY
PURPOSE : REVEAL WHAT IS ALIVE !
DAR ES SALAAM
STEP 2 - PATTERN, SINGULARITY & PURPOSEYOUR CITY :
ELEMENTS PATTERN SINGULARITY PURPOSE
EMBR
ACIN
G CI
TIES
COM
PLEX
ITY
STEP 3LIFE CYCLE
Pioneer Phase
(initiation)
Intermediatephase
Intermediatephase
Climax (maturity)
Crisis
BUILDING RESILIENCE OF THE TRANSFORMED SYSTEM
PREPARING FOR CHANGE
CREATING A WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE FRONT L
OOP
INCREMENTAL
BACK LOOPRADICAL
HOLLING ET AL 2004
DETROIT
STEP 3 - LIFE CYCLE PHASE YOUR CITY :
ELEMENTS PHASE
EMBR
ACIN
G CI
TIES
COM
PLEX
ITY
BUILDING RESILIENCE OF THE TRANSFORMED SYSTEM PREPARING FOR CHANGE
CREATING A WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE
FRONT LOOP
INCREMENTAL
BACK LOOPRADICAL
STEP 4CONNEXIONS,TENSIONS AND INCONSISTENCIES
The fundamental characteristic of a complexsystem is that it exhibits emergent properties :
Local Interaction rules between simple agents give rise to global behaviors
FRANKFURT
INCONSISTENCIES
MONTREAL
STEP 4 - CONNEXIONS, TENSIONS AND INCONSISTENCIESYOUR CITY :
EMBR
ACIN
G CI
TIES
COM
PLEX
ITY
STEP 5DESIRABLE FUTURE
TREND DISRUPTIONCOLLAPSE DESIRABLE
TURN YOUR DREAMS INTO A
STRATEGY
PARIS
CONCLUSION
Singularity
Internal connexion
Eternal connexion
Purpose
FRONT LOOP
INCREMENTAL
BACK LOOPRADICAL