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Fort McMurray, dans le nord de l’Alberta, est une ville-champignon au milieu d’un enfer écologique, où des travailleurs affluent de partout, attirés par les promesses de boom économique. L’or qu’ils convoitent : les gisements de sables bitumineux, le pétrole le plus sale qui existe, paroxysme du délire extractiviste. "Brut" réunit les voix de celles et ceux qui ont vu de(...)
Brut : la ruée vers l'horreur
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Fort McMurray, dans le nord de l’Alberta, est une ville-champignon au milieu d’un enfer écologique, où des travailleurs affluent de partout, attirés par les promesses de boom économique. L’or qu’ils convoitent : les gisements de sables bitumineux, le pétrole le plus sale qui existe, paroxysme du délire extractiviste. "Brut" réunit les voix de celles et ceux qui ont vu de près cette catastrophe : Melina Laboucan-Massimo, militante amérindienne, décrit la terre où elle est née et le jour où le pétrole s’y est répandu ; David Dufresne brosse le portrait des personnages de ce nouveau Klondike; Nancy Huston raconte un effrayant séjour dans son Alberta natale, puis discute avec Naomi Klein de la misère culturelle liée à ce ravage écologique. En guise de coda littéraire, une nouvelle prémonitoire du romancier canadien Rudy Wiebe, inscrit Fort Mac dans l’atlas des lieux du désastre.
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The laws of thermodynamics—and their implications for architecture—have not been fully integrated into architectural design. Architecture and building science too often remain constrained by linear concepts and methodologies regarding energy that occlude significant quantities and qualities of energy. This publication addresses this situation by providing a clear overview(...)
The hierarchy of energy in architecture
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The laws of thermodynamics—and their implications for architecture—have not been fully integrated into architectural design. Architecture and building science too often remain constrained by linear concepts and methodologies regarding energy that occlude significant quantities and qualities of energy. This publication addresses this situation by providing a clear overview of what energy is and what architects can do with it. Building on the emergy method pioneered by systems ecologist Howard T. Odum, the authors situate the energy practices of architecture within the hierarchies of energy and the thermodynamics of the large, non-equilibrium, non-linear energy systems that drive buildings, cities, the planet and universe.
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E´dite´ a` l'occasion de la XXIIe Triennale di Milano. L'ouvrage explore a` travers 9 projets comment la discipline qu'est le design lorsqu'elle s'attache a` conside´rer la nature, l'e´cologie et les environnements, de´place les frontie`res des pratiques : du terrain vers la re´flexion, des faits scientifiques a` leur repre´sentation ou leur activation, de la me´tropole(...)
Design : de la nature à l'environnement, nouvelles défitions / Design: from nature to environment, new definitions
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E´dite´ a` l'occasion de la XXIIe Triennale di Milano. L'ouvrage explore a` travers 9 projets comment la discipline qu'est le design lorsqu'elle s'attache a` conside´rer la nature, l'e´cologie et les environnements, de´place les frontie`res des pratiques : du terrain vers la re´flexion, des faits scientifiques a` leur repre´sentation ou leur activation, de la me´tropole vers la Re´union, de la France vers l'Asie, l'Ame´rique du Sud... Les architectes, urbanistes et designers présents ont collaboré activement et avec suffisamment de confiance dans le projet éditorial et du pavillon pour chercher, trier et con er les éléments qui documentent leur projet. L'ouvrage est ainsi une archive organisée.
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This book explores the history and significance of rammed earth construction in Central Europe, particularly in Switzerland, using historical examples to investigate the potential of this building technique for contemporary construction. Rammed earth has material advantages, such as its strength, durability, and non-combustible nature, while potential disadvantages, such(...)
Rammed earth: tradition and potential
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This book explores the history and significance of rammed earth construction in Central Europe, particularly in Switzerland, using historical examples to investigate the potential of this building technique for contemporary construction. Rammed earth has material advantages, such as its strength, durability, and non-combustible nature, while potential disadvantages, such as on-site weather dependency, can be circumvented by using prefab elements. It is ecologically sustainable and completely recyclable as well. This pioneering and comprehensive study contributes to safeguarding existing architectural heritage while also providing a foundation for further research.
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Green architecture today
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Thirty international architects are selected for the leading role they’ve played in the professional development of modern sustainable architecture. Residential and commercial projects are offered as examples of the best new ideas in green living. 'Green Architecture today' presents an intriguing spectrum of offerings. Large-scale photos and detail shots are accompanied(...)
Green architecture today
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Thirty international architects are selected for the leading role they’ve played in the professional development of modern sustainable architecture. Residential and commercial projects are offered as examples of the best new ideas in green living. 'Green Architecture today' presents an intriguing spectrum of offerings. Large-scale photos and detail shots are accompanied by diagrams of sustainable features such as active and passive cooling and heating systems.
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Le développement durable est une notion complexe, qui considère l'environnement dans son sens large : ressources, biodiversité, alimentation, santé, risques naturels et technologiques, gestion des déchets... Quels sont les nouveaux objectifs - sans cesse précisés - à atteindre et quelles sont les réponses apportées ? Avec plus de 100 cartes et documents, l'atlas propose(...)
Atlas du développement durable
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Le développement durable est une notion complexe, qui considère l'environnement dans son sens large : ressources, biodiversité, alimentation, santé, risques naturels et technologiques, gestion des déchets... Quels sont les nouveaux objectifs - sans cesse précisés - à atteindre et quelles sont les réponses apportées ? Avec plus de 100 cartes et documents, l'atlas propose un éclairage sur la mise en œuvre d'un développement durable pour la planète.
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Ongoing use of fossil fuels, the development of industrial zones in city centers, and even our growing reliance on air conditioners have led to extreme climate swings. Now an urgent public concern, global warming alarms ever more people—and yet most of them still hesitate to identify a workable plan of action. Approaching the problem head-on, "Solar Guerilla" highlights a(...)
Solar Guerilla: constructive responses to climate change
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Ongoing use of fossil fuels, the development of industrial zones in city centers, and even our growing reliance on air conditioners have led to extreme climate swings. Now an urgent public concern, global warming alarms ever more people—and yet most of them still hesitate to identify a workable plan of action. Approaching the problem head-on, "Solar Guerilla" highlights a number of programs, architects, and companies that are already active in such cities as Chicago, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tel Aviv. In a series of case studies, this book focuses on efficient strategies implemented at the local level, where collaboration within communities may be the key to effectively combating environmental damage. As companies like China’s Turenscape and Israel’s Electreon thrive alongside programs such as Chicago’s Third Nature approach to its famous riverwalk, the local efforts begin to yield global results. As "Solar Guerilla" demonstrates, these and other initiatives may be the best way to counter the emotional fatigue and physical disasters that currently plague us in our all-too-rapidly-changing urban environment.
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'Upscaling Earth' showcases innovative thinking about materials and the potential for earth building to replace more environmentally damaging, resource-intensive materials like concrete. From worldwide availability to the possibility of comprehensive recycling, from climate-neutral production to socially just implementation, the book reveals the incredible potential of(...)
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Upscaling earth: material, process, catalyst
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'Upscaling Earth' showcases innovative thinking about materials and the potential for earth building to replace more environmentally damaging, resource-intensive materials like concrete. From worldwide availability to the possibility of comprehensive recycling, from climate-neutral production to socially just implementation, the book reveals the incredible potential of earthen architecture.
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Traditional building methods – such as those used in pueblos, timbered houses, or the Japanese minka – exist in fascinating diversity and create the face of a region. However, as a result of globalization they have been marginalized in many places. In the fastest developing countries in particular, a wealth of experience that goes back hundreds of years is being(...)
Vernacular architecture: atlas for living throughout the world
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Traditional building methods – such as those used in pueblos, timbered houses, or the Japanese minka – exist in fascinating diversity and create the face of a region. However, as a result of globalization they have been marginalized in many places. In the fastest developing countries in particular, a wealth of experience that goes back hundreds of years is being irretrievably lost, even though valuable insights can be gained for modern building. Using the examples of selected domestic buildings from all continents, 30 international experts demonstrate why we can still learn from vernacular architecture; they analyze the cultural context and the adaptation to topographic/climactic conditions, and focus on the local materials used as well as on the construction, the building process, and the necessary maintenance.
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Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that the legacy of this mythology is haunting us. Designers understand the(...)
Lo-Tek. Design by radical indigenism
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Three hundred years ago, intellectuals of the European Enlightenment constructed a mythology of technology. Influenced by a confluence of humanism, colonialism, and racism, this mythology ignored local wisdom and indigenous innovation, deeming it primitive. Today, we have slowly come to realize that the legacy of this mythology is haunting us. Designers understand the urgency of reducing humanity’s negative environmental impact, yet perpetuate the same mythology of technology that relies on exploiting nature. Responding to climate change by building hard infrastructures and favoring high-tech homogenous design, we are ignoring millennia-old knowledge of how to live in symbiosis with nature. Without implementing soft systems that use biodiversity as a building block, designs remain inherently unsustainable. Lo-TEK, derived from Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is a cumulative body of multigenerational knowledge, practices, and beliefs, countering the idea that indigenous innovation is primitive and exists isolated from technology. It is sophisticated and designed to sustainably work with complex ecosystems.
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