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BUILDING METABOLISM : recipes for food & resource cycles /

How can we design the architecture of metabolism? How can architecture redefine resources, produce nutrients and contribute to regenerate land and protect communities at risk? 'Building Metabolism' aims to reveal how architecture constructs, distributes, and leverages power via material re...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kallipoliti, Lydia, 1976- (Editor), Markopoulu, Areti (Editor), Ralston, Sonia Sorbino (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Barcelona : Actar Publishers, 2025.
Subjects:
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable design.
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Architecture > Environmental aspects.
Architecture > Philosophy.
Food supply > Environmental aspects.
Architecture durable.
Écoconception.
Architecture > Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture > Philosophie.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Aspect de l'environnement.
sustainable architecture.
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Summary:How can we design the architecture of metabolism? How can architecture redefine resources, produce nutrients and contribute to regenerate land and protect communities at risk? 'Building Metabolism' aims to reveal how architecture constructs, distributes, and leverages power via material recycling, interspecies alliances, biopolitics and excremental processes.
Physical Description:381 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1638401802
9781638401803