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Experimental architecture: on-world and off-world exploration of possibilities

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This chapter explores ways of dealing with very complex and ambitious research questions using iterative experiments and innovative laboratory settings whose explorations produce probabilistic outcomes.

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  1. Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

    Rachel Armstrong PhD. (Professor of Experimental Architecture)

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  1. Old Royal Naval Coll, Maritime Camp Dept of Architecture & Landscape, Greenwich, United Kingdom

    Rachel Armstrong

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Armstrong, R. (2017). Experimental architecture: on-world and off-world exploration of possibilities. In: Armstrong, R. (eds) Star Ark. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31042-8_5

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