Quarterly journal 'Biohistory'

2007 Biohistory's Theme : Poiesis [No.2] The genesis of form

Biohistory Journal, Autumn, 2007
Creation also results in poiesis / Keiko Nakamura
        Poiesis brings to mind nature. Its polar opposite is creation by a human agent. The city is filled with things that have been created. Nevertheless, it is amazing how a space can be created by incorporating the idea of generation into architecture, as well as the measures to make that a reality. That’s the topic of Talk with Toyo Ito. Architecture itself conveys the sense of being a living thing, moving and acting independently, and creating cave-like structures like a nest for living beings.
        Research focuses on a tree-like pattern that is often seen as the form of living beings. There’s a model presented for the creation of patterns. The creation of patterns is an important subject, and one very interesting method is to seek basic rules in models. Another is detailed research into the process in which activity arises from molecular functions. The research uses coliform bacilli, a model life form in molecular biology. One method would be to think of single cells as the origin for the activity of living creatures, including human beings. I would like to know the rules and principles that lie behind forms and activity.
        In Scientist Library, Mitsuhiro Yanagida conducts research by using the approach that he might be an artist. The concept of a narrative that employs intuition and preferences is the same as that for the Biohistory Journal. There’s also a lot we want to tell you in regard to BRH, including the Biohistory Journal no Tane (Seed) lab, the joint project with SICP, and the Kyoto performance of Inochi Mezuru Hime, a musical with recitations.

Dialogue - Making the concept of Biohistory more concrete through dialogue

A space that living beings can inhabit is created
Toyo Ito / Architect
Keiko Nakamura / Director, JT Biohistory Research Hall

RESEARCH 01 -Biohistory through the latest research

Discovering the principles by which form is created
Atsushi Mochizuki / National Institute for Basic Biology

RESEARCH 02 -Biohistory through the latest research

A sensor that functions like the nose at the pole of the coliform bacillus
Ikuro Kawagishi / Department of Frontier Bioscience, Faculty of Engineering, Hosei University

Scientist Library  -Biohistory through people

From chromosome research to life inheritance science
Mitsuhiro Yanagida / Designated professor of the Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
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