Architectural Theories of the Environment

<p>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</p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>Essayists include Gilles Clément Matthew Gandy Francesco Gonzáles 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</p>