Morphogenomics

The creation of an infinite variety of forms based on a single algorithm is a method used by Lalvani in the Column Museum (above) It is a virtual environment of all possible architectural columns of the past, present and future. Haresh Lalvani is a professor of architecture at Pratt Institute and a self-described “architect-morphologist”. He has focused a lifetime of study in architecture, nature and math in the exploration of forms and the development of a new architectural language. He introduced the field of genomic architecture five years ago, where the model of DNA building blocks are applied to the creation of an endless variety of forms. In this new science, called Morphogenomics, he is formulating a universal code for all morphologies - natural and artificial. He also developed AlgoRhythm technologies to efficiently bend sheets of metals into complex forms based on advanced mathematics of surfaces for architectural and design applications.