Provisional Cities

Cautionary Tales for the Anthropocene

Renata Tyszczuk (University of Sheffield, UK)

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Routledge
01 November 2017

Environmentally-friendly architecture & design

Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture

This book considers the provisional nature of cities in relation to the Anthropocene – the proposed geological epoch of human-induced changes to the Earth system. It charts an environmental history of curfews, admonitions and alarms about dwelling on Earth. ‘Provisional cities’ are explored as exemplary sites for thinking about living in this unsettled time. Each chapter focuses on cities, settlements or proxy urbanisations, including past disaster zones, remote outposts in the present and future urban fossils. The book explores the dynamic, changing and contradictory relationship between architecture and the global environmental crisis and looks at how to re-position architectural and urban practice in relation to wider intellectual, environmental, political and cultural shifts. The book argues that these rounder and richer accounts can better equip humanity to think through questions of vulnerability, responsibility and opportunity that are presented by immense processes of planetary change. These are cautionary tales for the Anthropocene. Central to this project is the proposition that living with uncertainty requires that architecture is reframed as a provisional practice. This book would be beneficial to students and academics working in architecture, geography, planning and environmental humanities as well as professionals working to shape the future of cities.

By: Renata Tyszczuk (University of Sheffield UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9781472426109
ISBN 10: 147242610X
Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 01 November 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Provisional Cities 1. Fossil Traces 2. Disaster Zone 3. Proving Ground 4. Proxy World 5. Bounded Planet 6. Monster Earth 7. Temporary Home Epilogue: Precautionary Tales

Renata Tyszczuk is an academic and artist whose work explores the relationship between global environmental change and provisionality in architectural thinking and practice. She is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Sheffield, UK. In 2013 she was awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for her research on Provisional Cities.

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Provisional Cities

Cautionary Tales for the Anthropocene

Renata Tyszczuk (University of Sheffield, UK)

$273

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