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CHAPTER POSTHUMAN UTOPIAS
the planet is in the room: mutualism by design
what does a house look like when it is designed from the perspective of a cat? what shape does a seawall take when the client is an oyster, a garden when it is planted for a bee’s vision rather than ours, or a bridge whose only users are deer and mountain lions? in posthuman utopias, we ask what a world looks like when we stop designing on the planet, and learn to design with it.
by sofia lekka angelopoulouthis living garden changes color to reveal how flowers may appear to moths
studio adrien lucca explores how a garden can contain several visual worlds at once, depending on the species looking at it.
aditya mandlik explores how water, worms and bees can reshape architecture
the mumbai-based architect explores how ecological gradients and non-human intelligence can transform design, shifting architecture from controlling nature to collaborating with it.
how ecoLogicStudio uses living organisms to build better spaces for living
architecture need not exclude microbes: these projects use algae, fungi and bacteria as active parts of healthier living environments.
in this video game, moths and wolves play out a nearby climate future
alice bucknell's, the alluvials, take players through burning forests and a sand-covered los angeles to explore a speculative future through non-human lenses.
‘dismantling should be designed, not improvised’: THISS studio on radical reuse in architecture
from salvaged barn beams to an upturned boat, the london practice lets available materials shape the design while embracing uncertainty as part of the process.
podcast: architecture that listens through nature and site intelligence
the room for utopias podcast debuts with indian architects and designers examining an architecture that begins by listening rather than imposing.
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