Posthuman Architecture: A Catalogue of Archetypes

Spatial design has long been seen as an action that could be performed by people and for people only, but qualitative researches struggle to emerge. This book collects, reconstructs, and discusses archetypal models of posthuman architecture, such as the cabin of Henry David Thoreau and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, to show how architectural, landscape, and industrial designers redefine their tools to meet the functional and symbolic needs of new and different kinds of subjects.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 250 pages
Publication date: 04 January 2022
Publisher: Oro Editions

For a considerable amount of time, spatial design has been perceived as an activity that can solely be carried out by individuals. However, despite the emergence of projects that seem to defy this notion, qualitative research has encountered challenges in establishing itself. Consequently, this book serves as a compilation, reconstruction, and exploration of archetypal models of posthuman architecture. These models range from the humble cabin of Henry David Thoreau to the awe-inspiring Svalbard Global Seed Vault. By examining the ways in which architectural, landscape, and industrial designers, whether they be professional practitioners or not, have reimagined their tools to cater to the functional and symbolic requirements of diverse subjects, this book aims to shed light on the evolution of an extended concept of coexistence between humans and other species and technologies. Presented within ten monographic architectural narratives, these tales are intended to trace the gradual unfolding of this idea.

Weight: 492g
Dimension: 142 x 219 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781954081215