We the bacteria : notes toward biotic architecture /
"To think about shelter, we have to think about the microorganisms that invented interior space more than four billion years ago-and in so doing eventually made humans possible. We the bacteria draws on the evolving field of microbiology to highlight the intimate connection between the microbes...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Zurich :
Lars Müller Publishers,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "To think about shelter, we have to think about the microorganisms that invented interior space more than four billion years ago-and in so doing eventually made humans possible. We the bacteria draws on the evolving field of microbiology to highlight the intimate connection between the microbes that constitute us and the last ten thousand years of architecture. Treating bacteria as the real architects and inhabitants of the built environment, Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley present an urgent manifesto for an alternative architectural paradigm that decenters the human."--back cover. "This book conveys our thinking when curating 'We the Bacteria: Notes Toward Biotic Architecture', at the 24th Milan Triennale. It gathers the ideas that instigated the project, grew during it, and go beyond it. 'We the Bacteria' is the companion of the 'Are We Human'? Notes on the Archaeology of Design book we made when curating the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennale."--Page 347. |
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| Physical Description: | 350 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ; 18 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783037787830 303778783X |