Territory: Architecture Beyond Environment

Territory: Architecture Beyond Environment

Advancing a new relationship between architecture and nature, Territory emphasises the simultaneous production of architectural objects and the environment surrounding them. Conceptualised within a framework that draws from physical and human geographical thought, this title ofÂ Architectural DesignÂ examines the possibility of an architecture that actively produces its external, ecological conditions. The architecture here scans and modifies atmospheres, arboreal zones, geothermal exchange, magnetic fields, habitats and toxicities â€“ enabling new and intense geographical patterns, effects and sensations within architectural and urban experience. Territory charts out a space, a territory, for architecture beyond conceptualisations of context or environment, understood as that stable setting which pre-exists the production of new things. Ultimately, it suggests a role for architecture as a strategy of environmental tinkering versus one of accommodation or balance with an external natural world.
Country USA
Brand John Wiley & Sons Inc
Manufacturer Academy Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780470721650
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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