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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 angelopoulou
rune bosse puts living trees on life support in a vision of ecological collapse
equipped with respirators and artificial lighting, rune bosse's 'tree lungs' imagines a future where nature itself may need life support.
bacteria become the builders in ETH zurich's exploration of living architecture
by bringing microorganisms into digital fabrication, karen antorveza paez investigates how biological activity can reshape the relationship between architecture, materials and nonhuman life.
marlot meyer's giant inflatable creatures breathe with the tides of the wadden sea
inspired by microscopic algae, these breathing sculptures translate tidal movements into an interactive experience.
what’s a primate to quantum mechanics? in conversation with daniel birnbaum and jacqui davies
at OGR torino, the quantum effect consider how quantum theory travels through cinema, popular culture and contemporary art, from kubrick to schrödinger’s cat.
marius boekhorst breaks down flowers into fragments of color with geometric glass
by filtering floral imagery through a familiar architectural material, the dutch designer explores how we look at nature, and what happens when we pause to see it differently.
'these organisms are 100% real': timothy boomer captures nature's alien architecture
tiny wasps transform oak trees into living nurseries, creating strange architectures shaped by multiple species.
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