Watson, Julia, 1977- author.

Lo-TEK Water : a field guide for TEKnology / Julia Watson; foreword Dr. Lyla June Johnston.

Cologne : Taschen , 2025.

557 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Plunge into the ancestral water wisdom that could reshape all our futures. This spell-binding book reveals how Indigenous innovations—like floating farms, tidal fish traps, and aquifer recharge systems—have sustained civilizations for millennia by working with nature, not against it. Far from relics, these systems offer dynamic, adaptable solutions for the climate crisis of today.Structured to bridge past and future, the author Julia Watson dissolves the divide between technology and ecology, between ancestral wisdom and digital innovation. The TEKnological Renaissance it celebrates redefines water as an intelligent force that can shape resilient cities and landscapes. Aquatic infrastructure is reframed—from extractive and industrial into regenerative and evolving—designed to sustain life for generations. Co-authored with Indigenous knowledge-keepers and with a foreword by Dr. Lyla June Johnson (Diné/Tsétsehést?hese), this captivating read investigates traditional hydrological technologies across diverse ecosystems, from salty coastal reefs to freshwater wetlands. Discover Mexico’s chinampas, China’s dike-ponds, Bangladesh’s floating farms and Micronesia’s tidal traps.Shifting focus from the past to the present and future, it also showcases 22 groundbreaking contemporary TEK projects—including Peru’s reed-insulated housing, Thailand’s terraced rooftop farms, and China’s Sponge Cities—proving TEK continues to drive transformative design. This is both a field guide and a manifesto: a call to architects, planners, and communities to design with water’s elemental intelligence and build future worlds that are rooted in resilience.

9783836594448 hardback
3836594447 hardback

Water and architecture.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
Crops and water.
Vernacular architecture.
Water Environmental aspects.
Water conservation.
Water-supply Management.
Water.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architecture durable.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Eau Conservation.
Eau.
Eau Approvisionnement Gestion.
Eau et architecture.
Cultures et eau.
Eau Aspect de l'environnement.
vernacular architecture.
water (inorganic material)
Bouwkunst.
Ecologische aspecten.

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Johnston, Lyla June, writer of foreword.

Field guide for TEKnology

Location: Library main 322977
Call No.: 322977
Copy: 1
Status: Available