Rural architecture between artificial intelligence and natural intelligence

Following the field of research carried on and reported in the Second Inter national Conference for Teachers of Architecture held in Florence on Octobe r 16, 17 and 18, 1997, which stated the central position of Architectural p roject in relation to Human Intelligence, Natural Intelligence and Artifici al Intelligence, the present paper suggests a phase of application of the t heoretical assumptions to spacial models paradigmatic of the complexity of projects and building technique as well as of the relationship between man- made environment and natural one. Among the different typologies in architecture, this research focuses on th e rural buildings in Campania, mainly on the ones in the Vesuvius area, as those are the most suitable to be studied about and salvaged with the help of biology, mathematics and high engineering. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd . All rights reserved.