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Architectural Theories of the Environment : Posthuman Territory.
As architects and designers, we struggle to reconcile ever increasing environmental, humanitarian, and technological demands placed on our projects. Our new geological era, the Anthropocene, marks humans as the largest environmental force on the planet and suggests that conventional anthropocentric...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Architectural Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Charting Posthuman Territory; Section I: Posthuman Subjects; Unfinished Work: From Cyborg to Cognisphere; Post-Animal Life; The Next Subject: A Conversation with Dr. Caleb Finch; Approaching a New Biotope; The Biosphere of Machines: Enter the Parasite; Case Studies; Arakawa and Gins, Bioscleave HouseEast Hampton, NY, 1999-2008; Arons en Gelauff, The Plussenburgh Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2001-2006; R & Sie(n), I'm Lost in Paris Paris, France, 2008.
- Section II: Posthuman AssemblagesGive Me a Gun and I Will Make All Buildings Move: An ANT's View of Architecture; Lose the Building: Systems Theory, Architecture, and Diller+Scofidio's Blur; Pragmatic Ecologies; Futures, Cities, Architecture; Against Program; Metabolic Urbanization:The Making of Cyborg Cities; Case Studies; Minifie Nixon (now Minifie van Schaik Architects), Australian Wildlife Heath Center Melbourne, Australia, 2006; The Living, Living Light Pavilion, Peace Park Seoul, South Korea, 2009; Studio Gang Architects, Ford Calumet Environmental Center Calumet, Illinois, 2004-present.
- Section III: Posthuman TerritoryZones of Indistinction: Bio-political Contestations in the Urban Arena; Anima Urbis; Hybrid Cartographies for a Relational Ethics; The Emergent Alternative; Risk, Globalization, and the Cosmopolitan Imaginary; Case Studies; The Living and Natalie Jeremijenko, Amphibious Architecture East River, New York, 2009; SCAPE, Oyster-tecture Project, 2010; Pilot in Brooklyn, NY, 2011-present; Casagrande Lab, Ruin Academy Taipei, Taiwan, 2010-present; Notes on Contributors; Text and Image Credits; Index.