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Using swarm intelligence in urban design

No. 37 (2023-09-30)
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq37.2023.05

Abstract

As a result of the evolution of digital technologies and information networks, swarm intelligence has come to be implemented in a range of research perspectives. Building on the assumptions that characterize the approach, this paper aims to unpack the importance of swarm-based urban design, which is opening up a new frontier as part of an emerging approach and which lends itself to deployment in myriad situations. This article focuses on a case study of the Kokkugia studio’s Melbourne Docklands project. Although this scheme has not been built, it has paved the way for new explorations and ways of understanding urban design.

Keywords: swarm urbanism, swarm intelligence, emerging urbanism, multi-agent systems, self-organizing systems, particle swarm optimization, swarm optimization

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