Architectural Theories of the Environment

Ariane Lourie Harrison is a lecturer, School of Architecture, Yale University, and a principal of Harrison Atelier.

These essays by architects, theorists, and sustainable designers together provide a framework to help you develop your own guidelines to approaching to your work. Introductions define key terms, and nine case studies demonstrate the concepts.

Introduction: Charting Posthuman Territory Part 1: Posthuman Subjects Unfinished Work: From Cyborg to Cognisphere N. Katherine Hayles 2. Post Animal Life Catherine Ingraham 3. The Next Subject Seth Harrison 4. Approaching a New Biotope Francisco González de Canales 5. The Biosphere of Machines: Enter the Parasite Matteo PasquinelliCase Studies: Arakawa and Gins, Bioscleave House, East Hampton, NY, 2000-2008 Arons en Gelauff, The Plussenburgh, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2001-2006 R&Sie (n), I'm Lost in Paris, Paris, France, 2008 Part 2: Posthuman Assemblies 6. Give Me a Gun and I Will Make All Buildings Move: An ANT's View of Architecture Bruno Latour, Albena Yaneva 7. Lose the Building: Form and System in Contemporary Architecture Cary Wolfe 8. Pragmatic Ecologies Simon Guy 9. Futures, Cities, and Architecture Elizabeth Grosz 10. Against Program William J. Mitchell 11. Metabolic Urbanization: The Making of Cyborg Cities Erik SwyngedouwCase Studies: Minifie von Shaik, Australian Wildlife Heath Center, Melbourne, Australia, 2006 The Living, Living Light Pavilion, Peace Park, Seoul, South Korea, 2009 Studio Gang Architects, Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Calumet, Illinois, competition 2004, Millennium Reserve Initiative 2011 Part 3: Posthuman Territory 12. Zones of indistinction: Bio-political Contestations in the Urban Arena Matthew Gandy 13. Anima Urbis Jennifer Wolch 14. Hybrid Cartographies for a Relational Ethics Sarah Whatmore 15. The Emergent Alternative Gilles Clément 16. Risk, Globalization and the Cosmopolitan Imaginary Ursula HeiseCase Studies: The Living and Nathalie Jermaijencko, Amphibious Architecture, East River, New York, 2009 SCAPE, Oyster-tecture Project, 2010; Pilot in Brooklyn, NY, 2012 Marco Casagrande and C-Lab, Ruin Academy, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010-present