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Safe as Houses - The More-Than-Human Home (Hardcover)
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Safe as Houses - The More-Than-Human Home (Hardcover)
Series: Designing Now
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Our relationship with our homes changed in 2020 when the pandemic
known as Covid-19 led to enforced periods of self-isolation, called
'lockdown'. We got to know our living spaces intimately and learned
the greatest risk of infection was indoors through the breath we
shared in poorly ventilated spaces, where microbial atmospheres
could work their way inside, through every door, window and with
every visitor. Our fear of such invisible threats will persist long
after the pandemic ends and reflects a growing divide between the
human and the microbial realm. This book examines the notion of the
home in the context of the pandemic and lockdown, as they relate to
environmental concerns and how we live with viruses and bacteria.
It argues that, in order to decrease our vulnerability to infective
agents, we need to acknowledge the link between people, space,
daily routines and microbes and explore how the predominantly
benign microbial world might be harnessed to combat and boost our
immunity to future pathogens. Suggesting more than environmental
home improvements, it explores new innovations and new materials
which incorporate microbes for more ecological designs, such as
ceramic tiles, concrete bio-receptive surfaces, building skins,
fabrics, waste management and alternative energy supplies. A series
of drawings which reveal the evolution of microbial technologies,
infrastructures, spaces, dwellings, and architectures sets out a
prototype for an ecological home for post pandemic times.
Identifying the lessons that COVID-19 has brought us, the book
highlights the need for humans to consider and take microbes into
account in future built environments.
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