Probiotic Cities

ISBN-13: 9781032076096 / Angielski

Richard Beckett

Opis

Probiotic Cities presents highly experimental design research at the intersection of architecture, engineering and microbiology. The book defines a new microbial paradigm for architecture that engages with broader emerging ecological or ‘more than human’ philosophies for design within the age of the Anthropocene.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Architecture for the Holobiont  3. Micro-Scale: Probiotic Materiality  4. Meso-Scale: Probiotic Design Interventions  5. Macro-Scale: Probiotic Cities  6. Conclusion

O autorze

Richard Beckett is an architect and Associate Professor of Bioaugmented Design at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL). He is Director of Research Cluster 7 on the BPro Architectural Design master’s programme, and leads Studio 3 on the Landscape Architecture course. His research is focused on design operating at the intersection of computation, biofabrication, and microbial ecologies in buildings and cities. His research on probiotic design won the RIBA President's Research Award in 2021. He has built numerous projects and has been exhibited internationally, including at Archilab – 'Naturalising Architecture', the Pompidou Centre and at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum – 'Nature'.