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BioMedia : the age of media with life-like behavior
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ISBN: 3959056443 9783959056441 Year: 2023 Publisher: Leipzig: Spector Books,

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Works from over 60 artists exploring the future of biomimetic media. This volume accompanies an exhibition showcasing a selection of works that intersect the realms of art, science and technology, and raise fundamental questions about the interaction between human and non-human beings and what inorganic life might look like in the future.

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The city as a system : metabolic design for new urban forms and functions
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ISBN: 9789493246140 9493246140 Year: 2023 Publisher: Amsterdam Trancity*Valiz

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Difficult problems do not always require far-fetched solutions, but in order to arrive at the solution a change of perspective may be in order. The City as a System advocates such a change of perspective in the study of the urban environment. It posits that designers who wish to truly improve the functioning of the city and solve tricky urban problems cannot afford to only focus on the spatial manifestation of the city, but should also conduct thorough research into the underlying system, into the operation, use, and performance of the urban fabric. The authors view the metabolism of the city as that of a living organism. The urban body—as the place where much of our resource use culminates—plays a crucial role in the transition towards a more sustainable living environment.


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Off-Earth : ethical questions and quandaries for living in outer space
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ISBN: 9780262047548 0262047543 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press,

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Can we do better in space than we've done here on Earth ? We've pinpointed the destination, refined the technology, designed the habitat, outfitted our space residents. Are we forgetting something ? A timely reminder that it's not just rocket science, this thought-provoking book explores the all-too-human issues raised by the prospect of settling in outer space. It's worth remembering, Erika Nesvold suggests, that in making new worlds, we don't necessarily leave our earthly problems behind. Accordingly, her work highlights the complex ethical challenges that accompany any other-worldly venture-questions about the environment, labor rights, and medical ethics, among others. Any such venture, Nesvold contends, must be made on behalf of all humanity, with global input and collaboration. The bookithus includes historical and contemporary examples from outside the dominant Western/US, abled, and privileged narrative of the space industry. Nesvold calls on experts in ethics, sociology, history, social justice, and law to launch a hopeful conversation about the potential ethical pitfalls of becoming a multi-planet species-and, ideally, to shed light on similar problems we presently face here on Earth. Space settlement is rapidly becoming ever more likely. Will it look like the utopian vision of " Star Trek " ? Or the dark future of " Star Wars " ? Nesvold challenges us to decide.


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Futures of the Architectural Exhibition. Mario Ballesteros, Giovanna Borasi, Ann Lui, Ana Miljacki, Zoë Ryan, Martino Stierli, Shirley Surya in Conversation with Students
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ISBN: 9783038602224 3038602221 Year: 2023 Publisher: Zurich, Park Books

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Les expositions d’architecture et de design ont longtemps été d’importants lieux publics de diffusion, d’expérimentation, de prise de position et d’interrogation des aspects fondamentaux de l’environnement conçu. Tout comme les expositions individuelles ont constitué des repères clés dans l’histoire disciplinaire de l’architecture, la représentation et l’affichage de l’espace à travers les expositions ont fonctionné historiquement comme un moyen crucial de façonner et d’incarner des attitudes culturelles plus larges envers la conception du monde bâti. Au cours des dernières années, les formats spécifiques et les défis de l’exposition de l’architecture et du design, à la fois construits et spéculatifs, ont souvent été utilisés comme des dispositifs essentiels pour identifier, communiquer et rassembler les publics autour de sujets de préoccupation communs. Celles-ci ont de plus en plus inclus des questions urgentes d’équité et de justice, de travail, de genre, de race, de classe, de communauté et de mode de vie en relation avec des questions spatiales de densité, d’économie, de politique, d’infrastructure, de climat et de durabilité. Futures of the Architectural Exhibition enregistre une discussion sur les approches critiques de la représentation de l’architecture à travers des conversations avec sept conservateurs contemporains travaillant à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur du musée. Mario Ballesteros (Archivo Diseno y Arquitectura, Mexico), Giovanna Borasi (Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montréal), Ann Lui (Future Firm, Chicago), Ana Miljacki (Critical Broadcasting Lab, MIT), Zoe Ryan (ICA, Université de Pennsylvanie, Philadelphie), Martino Stierli (Museum of Modern Art, New York) et Shirley Surya (M+, Hong Kong) spéculent sur les défis et les potentiels spécifiques de l’exposition d’espace.

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