Preface ixChapter 1. Climatic Heterotopias Architectural Design Studio 1Lazaros MAVROMATIDIS1.1. Reinventing the political dimension of space throughout pedagogy 11.2. Reinventing an introspective pedagogy to enhance the architectural conscience of the learners 31.3. Tarrying with the Castoriadian "radical imaginary" 41.4. Creation of an alternative pedagogical praxis: development of the "climatic heterotopia" notion within a global climate regime. 51.5. Reinventing the "glocal" dimension of space through a concrete exercise of "translocal" space creation 71.6. Pedagogical program, content and constraints of the "climatic heterotopias" architectural design studio 91.7. Intellectual outputs of the "climatic heterotopias" architectural design studio 111.8. Synoptic overview of the "climatic heterotopia" according to the students' essays 12Chapter 2. Of Other Climates: Glocal Climatic Constructal Heterotopias 23Lazaros MAVROMATIDISChapter 3. Redefine the Contemporary Spatio-social Mentalities 41Carole BEAUFUMÉ3.1. Change the mentalities: the first step of a sustainable transition 453.2. My climatic heterotopia: an economical,ecological and social experiment 47Chapter 4. Redefine the Body as the Physical Constitution of the Human Being 51Claire AUBRYChapter 5. The Pause or Dreaming in the Woods 61Estelle AURAYChapter 6. A Territory of One's Own 69Fleur LAGARRIGUEChapter 7. The Hegelian Dimension of Climate as a Feeling Atmosphere 75Milan ENGSTRÖMChapter 8. Rhythm as the Tool to Create Heterochrony and Innovative Territorialities 83Jonas KAMMERERChapter 9. Story for an Illusory Hope Against an Absurd Life 91Bérénice VALLANCEChapter 10. The Fluidic Climatic Heterotopia - Fractures, Flows, Chaos, Composition 103Vincent PAPAZIAN10.1. The infinite fracture - anything is but continuous 10310.2. The world seen as fluxes: interconnected "climatic heterotopias" 10610.3. Praising the overload: climatic heterotopia of movement and chaos 10710.4. Composition 109Chapter 11. Transmission 113Mélodie PEZETChapter 12. Introspection 121Aurore PEILLETChapter 13. Sew Up the Urban Fabric: The Architectural Project 129Claire AUBRY, Estelle AURAY, Carole BEAUFUMÉ, Milan ENGSTRÖM, Jonas KAMMERER, Fleur LAGARRIGUE, Vincent PAPAZIAN, Aurore PEILLET, Mélodie PEZET, Bérénice VALLANCE and Lazaros MAVROMATIDISChapter 14. The Auto-poetic Spirit of a Creative Learning Society Within a Multifaceted Context of Crises 157Lazaros MAVROMATIDISReferences 161List of Authors 167Index 169
Lazaros Mavromatidis is an architect-engineer and holds a PhD in Applied Thermodynamics from INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées) Lyon and ENTPE (École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État), France. He is Associate Professor at INSA Strasbourg and a researcher in the ICube laboratory UMR 7357. His scientific publications as well as pedagogic and research interests cover the fields of urbanism, urban design/planning, aesthetics, architectural morphogenesis, architectural sustainable design, constructal and applied thermodynamics, building physics, innovative building envelopes and generative eco-conception.