Emergence and Morphogenesis It makes little sense to characterize emergence as either solely abstract or purely a means of production; in emergence, the two are inextricably intertwined.
• As used in the sciences, the term refers to the ‘emergence’ of forms and behavior from the complex systems of the natural world. • The mathematical models can be used for generating designs, evolving forms and structures in morphogenetic processes within our computational environments. •
Morphogenetic strategies for design are not truly evolutionary unless they do not incorporate duplications of physical modeling, nor can we develop systems that utilize emergence without the inclusion of the self-organizing material effects of form finding and the work logic of production.