Ranulph Glanville
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Ranulph Glanville is a British freelance researcher and theoretician in both architecture
and cybernetics
.
in 1975, and obtained a second PhD in Human Learning from Brunel in 1988.
He worked briefly as an architect in UK and Finland
. He taught at the Architectural Association 1972–78, and Portsmouth Polytechnic 1978-97. He was Adjunct Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1998–2001. He has been a freelance researcher since 1997, and lives in Portsmouth
, UK. He has had scientific papers published in the fields of architecture
, cybernetics
and psychology
. He is a regular contributor to conferences around the world.
Glanville is a Fellow of the Cybernetics Society and currently the President of the American Society for Cybernetics.
and cybernetics
. A selection:
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and cybernetics
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
.
Biography
Glanville studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1964 to 1971. He completed a PhD in cybernetics at Brunel UniversityBrunel University
Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....
in 1975, and obtained a second PhD in Human Learning from Brunel in 1988.
He worked briefly as an architect in UK and Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. He taught at the Architectural Association 1972–78, and Portsmouth Polytechnic 1978-97. He was Adjunct Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
1998–2001. He has been a freelance researcher since 1997, and lives in Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
, UK. He has had scientific papers published in the fields of architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
, cybernetics
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
and psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. He is a regular contributor to conferences around the world.
Glanville is a Fellow of the Cybernetics Society and currently the President of the American Society for Cybernetics.
Publications
Glanville has written more than 170 articles and papers about both architectureArchitecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and cybernetics
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
. A selection:
- 1984, "Cedric Price, Precisely" in Cedric Price: Works II, The Architectural Association, London.
- 1995, with Gerard de ZeeuwGerard de ZeeuwGerard de Zeeuw is a Dutch scientist and professor Mathematical modelling of complex social systems at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.- Biography :...
(eds.), Problems of Values and Invariants, Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers. - 1999, Researching design and designing research, MIT paper
- 2000, "Living in Lines" in R. McLeod (ed), Interior Cities, RMIT Press, Melbourne.
- 2000, with Gerard de Zeeuw (eds), Problems of Action and Observation, BKS+, Southsea, 2000.
- 2000, "The Value of Being Unmanageable: Variety and Creativity in CyberSpace" in H. Eichmann, J. Hochgerner, and F. Nahrada (eds), Netzwerke, Falter Verlag, Vienna.
- 2001, with B. Scott, “About Gordon Pask”, Special double issue of Kybernetes, Gordon Pask, Remembered and Celebrated, Part I, 30, 5/6, pp. 507-508.
- 2002, Doing the Right Thing: the Problems of… Gerard de Zeeuw, Academic Guerilla., paper 2002.