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Architectural Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory, 2013
Most posthuman approaches dismantle the idea of the environment as a conceptually neutral ground ... more Most posthuman approaches dismantle the idea of the environment as a conceptually neutral ground (or its corollary, nature as originary or pure) by demonstrating the constitutive role of technology in various aspects of the environment. One reasonably comprehensive articulation of this claim is that of Crutzen and Stoermer, who coined the term “Anthropocene” to describe the present geological era, one in which man (anthros) has become the most significant factor affecting global environmental change.1 Other efforts to qualify the posthuman continuum between human, technology and nature include White and Wilbert’s anthology Technonatures (2009), which translates the anthropocene concept from the geological and evolutionary to the ethnocultural level, describing how various human social groupings utilize technologies to construct their own versions of nature, which the authors term “social natures.”2 Architecture is undeniably implicated in such revisions of the term “nature,” as Davi...
Design for Climate Action, 2020
Harrison Atelier proposes architecture for multiple species in projects that range from pavilion-... more Harrison Atelier proposes architecture for multiple species in projects that range from pavilion-scale agricultural infrastructure to speculations for new urban ecologies. Such built work represents the application of principles from architectural theories of the posthuman, namely a focus that seeks to integrate habitats for non-humans into architectural design concerns. The Pollinators Pavilion by architect Ariane Harrison, seeks a larger role for architecture in environmental activism and focuses on biodiversity conservation and materials exploration. Harrison Atelier uses artificial intelligence and automated scientific monitoring strategies to create and analyze habitat systems and increase building awareness.
Architectural Theories of the Environment
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, 2015
Seth and Ariane Harrison’s design practice, Harrison Atelier, occupies a zone of commixture betwe... more Seth and Ariane Harrison’s design practice, Harrison Atelier, occupies a zone of commixture between architecture and performance art. Many of their projects involve close collaborations with choreographers, directors, and composers, and include the live staging of performance events around physical sets, props, and architectural installations. Harrison Atelier’s performance-installation work concentrates on problems at the crux of technology and cultural life. This conceptually driven practice has explored issues such as the aging body, industrial animal farming, pharmacological domination, and species discrimination in the age of the Anthropocene. Their spaces are laced with tales from Greek mythology, such as Anchises, a co-creation with choreographer Jonah Bokaer, which alludes to Aeneas carrying his father Anchises out of a burning Troy. The work selected here, Species Niches, plays with the idea of human dominance over non-human species.
Architectural Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory, 2013
Most posthuman approaches dismantle the idea of the environment as a conceptually neutral ground ... more Most posthuman approaches dismantle the idea of the environment as a conceptually neutral ground (or its corollary, nature as originary or pure) by demonstrating the constitutive role of technology in various aspects of the environment. One reasonably comprehensive articulation of this claim is that of Crutzen and Stoermer, who coined the term “Anthropocene” to describe the present geological era, one in which man (anthros) has become the most significant factor affecting global environmental change.1 Other efforts to qualify the posthuman continuum between human, technology and nature include White and Wilbert’s anthology Technonatures (2009), which translates the anthropocene concept from the geological and evolutionary to the ethnocultural level, describing how various human social groupings utilize technologies to construct their own versions of nature, which the authors term “social natures.”2 Architecture is undeniably implicated in such revisions of the term “nature,” as Davi...
Design for Climate Action, 2020
Harrison Atelier proposes architecture for multiple species in projects that range from pavilion-... more Harrison Atelier proposes architecture for multiple species in projects that range from pavilion-scale agricultural infrastructure to speculations for new urban ecologies. Such built work represents the application of principles from architectural theories of the posthuman, namely a focus that seeks to integrate habitats for non-humans into architectural design concerns. The Pollinators Pavilion by architect Ariane Harrison, seeks a larger role for architecture in environmental activism and focuses on biodiversity conservation and materials exploration. Harrison Atelier uses artificial intelligence and automated scientific monitoring strategies to create and analyze habitat systems and increase building awareness.
Architectural Theories of the Environment
PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, 2015
Seth and Ariane Harrison’s design practice, Harrison Atelier, occupies a zone of commixture betwe... more Seth and Ariane Harrison’s design practice, Harrison Atelier, occupies a zone of commixture between architecture and performance art. Many of their projects involve close collaborations with choreographers, directors, and composers, and include the live staging of performance events around physical sets, props, and architectural installations. Harrison Atelier’s performance-installation work concentrates on problems at the crux of technology and cultural life. This conceptually driven practice has explored issues such as the aging body, industrial animal farming, pharmacological domination, and species discrimination in the age of the Anthropocene. Their spaces are laced with tales from Greek mythology, such as Anchises, a co-creation with choreographer Jonah Bokaer, which alludes to Aeneas carrying his father Anchises out of a burning Troy. The work selected here, Species Niches, plays with the idea of human dominance over non-human species.