The practice of architecture as a systemic rationalization

The practice of architectural design is of unique complexity, as it involves many variables. The misunderstanding of this complexity has led to the reduction of the general discourse of the profession, to be conceived today as a purely formal problem, causing a detriment of design responses in relation to the multiple requirements implicit in architecture. In order to counteract this reductionism it is necessary to construct theoretical models that are able to make clear what it means to design a building. This is achieved by understanding notions of complex systems applied to architecture. The authors propose, on one hand, to contribute to the construction of educational models and, on the other hand, to define a rational method for addressing case studies.