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 approaches to design
must accommodate a more complex understanding of the
interrelationship between architecture and environment Here, for
the first time, editor Ariane Lourie Harrison collects the essays
of architects, theorists, and sustainable designers that together
provide a framework for a posthuman understanding of the design
environment. An introductory essay defines the key terms, concepts,
and precedents for a posthuman approach to architecture, and nine
fully illustrated case studies of buildings from around the globe
demonstrate how issues raised in posthuman theory provide rich
terrain for contemporary architecture, making theory concrete. By
assembling a range of voices across different fields, from urban
geography to critical theory to design practitioners, this
anthology offers a resource for design professionals, educators,
and students seeking to grapple the ecological mandate of our
current period. Case studies include work by Arakawa and Gins,
Arons en Gelauff, Casagrande, The Living, Minifie van Schaik, R
& Sie (n), SCAPE, Studio Gang, and xDesign. Essayists include
Gilles Clement, Matthew Gandy, Francesco Gonzales de Canales,
Elizabeth Grosz, Simon Guy, Seth Harrison, N. Katherine Hayles,
Ursula Heise, Catherine Ingraham, Bruno Latour, William J.
Mitchell, Matteo Pasquinelli, Erik Swyngedouw, Sarah Whatmore,
Jennifer Wolch, Cary Wolfe, and Albena Yaneva
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