The Dusk of Design: Exploring Multidisciplinary Approaches and Evolutionary Biology in Architecture (設計的黃昏：探索建築中的多學科方法與演化生物學)

《設計的黃昏》探討了進化理論與建築設計的交集。該書從生物學中的「外適應」（exaptation）概念中汲取靈感，主張自然選擇作為我們星球上最成功的設計者，依賴於創意結構的多樣性、變異性和冗餘性。透過將這些機制轉移到建築設計中，該書認為我們可以在面對環境危機時，培養出更具韌性和可持續性的建築與城市。

本書旨在通過檢視全球建築的案例研究，闡明多學科交叉的深遠潛力。透過探討進化理論如何解釋各種建築現象，旨在激勵建築師、設計師、研究者和學生採取整體性和跨學科的方法來進行他們的工作。

本書提供了進化原則的清晰簡明概述，展示其與建築的相關性。它將展示一系列案例研究，突顯進化理論在解決建築挑戰中的應用，例如適應性再利用、可持續城市規劃以及在氣候變遷面前的韌性設計。

最終，《設計的黃昏》旨在彌合生物學與建築之間的鴻溝，提供一種全新的視角，探討我們如何創造出更具創新性、可持續性和韌性的建成環境。

Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez

PhD (Portsmouth), is a senior researcher at Auckland University of Technology. Previously postdoctoral researcher at the University of Porto. He was a member of the curatorial team of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021. He has more than ten years' experience as a registered architect and urban designer and a chartered member of the Colegio de Arquitectos de Merida (Mexico). In addition, he was a co-founder of the IMPLAN-Merida (Municipal Institute of Urban Planning in Merida City). His research and professional experience include works in Mexico, Italy, Switzerland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He focuses on research topics related to informality in the urban landscape, architectural exaptation, as well as studies on urban sustainability and resilience. Antonio has published several academic articles and books highlighting the impact of the transformation of the built environment at the streetscape level towards the diversity of temporary appropriation in cities.

Alessandro Melis

PhD (Florence) RIBA ARB AOU, is Full Professor of architecture innovation at the New York Institute of Technology. In 2019, he was appointed by the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage as the curator of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Previously, at the University of Auckland, he was the head of the technology area and director of postgraduate engagement. In the period 2010-2013 he has been the Director of Brain City Lab at the university of Applied Arts Vienna, guest professor at the Anhalt University Dessau, and an honorary fellow at the Edinburgh School of Architecture. He has also been invited as a keynote speaker at the China Academy of Art, the MoMA New York, the University of Cambridge, TED, and the Italian Institute of Culture in London, and the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. His work was the object of several publications, including the recent monograph (Rome, 2020) edited by Giuseppe Fallacara, titled "Alessandro Melis, Utopic Real World."

Paola Boarin

PhD (Ferrara), is Associate Professor of Architectural Technology and Sustainability at Te Pare School of Architecture and Planning of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where she is co-founder and Director of the Future Cities Research Centre. Paola's research explores the intersections across architecture, technology and environment, focusing on sustainable and regenerative design, post-occupancy evaluation of buildings and neighbourhoods, and adaptive reuse. Paola is involved in transdisciplinary research groups and projects at national and international level focusing on the nexus across design, health and climate change impacts, and works closely with industry and governments. Paola is a member of the Executive and Steering Committees at the Association of Pacific Rim Universities' Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub. Over her career, Paola has gained extensive international experience by collaborating closely on research and teaching activities in several universities in Europe, the USA and New Zealand, receiving two Young Researchers Awards from the University of Ferrara, the International Leadership Award from the U.S. Department of State, in addition to several recognitions for her teaching leadership at the University of Auckland.

Priscila Besen

PhD (Auckland), is a Lecturer in Sustainable and Regenerative Architecture at AUT's Huri Te Ao School of Future Environments. She leads the Architectural Ecologies stream and co-leads the Future Neighbourhoods Lab at AUT, focusing on creating healthy, resilient, and liveable built environments for a post-carbon future. With a Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism from UFSC, Brazil, she has worked in multi-unit residential architecture, urban design, and building environmental certification across Brazil, the USA, and New Zealand. A certified Passive House Consultant and former Board member of Passive House Institute New Zealand, she is also part of the Future Cities Research Centre at the University of Auckland. She co-leads an international research project across Aotearoa NZ and Chile on co-designing collective housing with Indigenous communities. Her award-winning research and practice integrate technical and socio-cultural aspects, including life-cycle thinking, sustainable urban design, co-design, building energy performance, post-occupancy evaluation, adaptive reuse and retrofit.

**Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez**
博士（朴茨茅斯），是奧克蘭科技大學的高級研究員。曾任波爾圖大學的博士後研究員。他是2021年威尼斯雙年展意大利館策展團隊的成員。擁有超過十年的註冊建築師和城市設計師經驗，並且是墨西哥梅里達建築師協會的特許會員。此外，他還是梅里達市城市規劃市政研究所（IMPLAN-Merida）的共同創辦人。他的研究和專業經驗涵蓋墨西哥、意大利、瑞士、新西蘭和英國的工作。他專注於與城市景觀中的非正式性、建築的再利用以及城市可持續性和韌性相關的研究主題。安東尼奧已發表多篇學術文章和書籍，強調建成環境在街景層面轉型對城市中臨時佔用多樣性的影響。

**Alessandro Melis**
博士（佛羅倫斯） RIBA ARB AOU，是紐約科技學院的建築創新全職教授。2019年，他被意大利文化遺產部長任命為威尼斯雙年展意大利館的策展人。此前，他在奧克蘭大學擔任技術領域負責人和研究生參與主任。在2010年至2013年間，他曾擔任維也納應用藝術大學的腦城市實驗室主任，德紹安哈特大學的客座教授，以及愛丁堡建築學院的榮譽研究員。他還受邀在中國藝術學院、紐約現代藝術博物館、劍橋大學、TED、倫敦意大利文化學院和巴黎聯合國教科文組織總部擔任主題演講者。他的作品曾多次出版，包括最近由Giuseppe Fallacara編輯的專著（羅馬，2020），標題為《Alessandro Melis, Utopic Real World》。

**Paola Boarin**
博士（費拉拉），是奧克蘭大學Te Pare建築與規劃學院的建築技術與可持續性副教授，並且是未來城市研究中心的共同創辦人和主任。Paola的研究探索建築、技術和環境之間的交集，專注於可持續和再生設計、建築和社區的後佔用評估以及適應性再利用。Paola參與國內外的跨學科研究小組和項目，專注於設計、健康和氣候變化影響之間的聯繫，並與行業和政府密切合作。Paola是太平洋邊緣大學協會可持續城市與景觀中心的執行委員會和指導委員會成員。在她的職業生涯中，Paola通過與歐洲、美國和新西蘭的多所大學密切合作，獲得了豐富的國際經驗，並獲得了費拉拉大學的兩項青年研究者獎、美國國務院的國際領導獎，以及奧克蘭大學的多項教學領導獎項。

**Priscila Besen**
博士（奧克蘭），是AUT Huri Te Ao未來環境學院的可持續與再生建築講師。她負責建築生態學領域，並共同領導AUT的未來社區實驗室，專注於為後碳時代創造健康、韌性和宜居的建成環境。她擁有巴西UFSC的建築與城市規劃學士學位，曾在巴西、美國和新西蘭從事多單位住宅建築、城市設計和建築環境認證工作。她是一名認證的被動式房屋專家。