Designed Forests - A Cultural History

This book explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design, the forest's influence on architectural culture and practice, and the potentials and pitfalls of "forest thinking" for more sustainable and ethical ways of doing architecture today.

List of contents

Preface Introduction 1. Engineered Forests 2. Jungle 3. The Thousand-Year Forest 4. Ecological Havens 5. Ubiquitous Intelligence

About the author

Dan Handel is an architect and curator whose work focuses on underexplored ideas, figures, and practices that shape contemporary built environments. Over the past fifteen years, he has been studying the links between scientists, forest managers, and spatial designers, resulting in various exhibitions and publications on the subject.

Summary

This book explores the unique kinship that exists between forests and spatial design, the forest’s influence on architectural culture and practice, and the potentials and pitfalls of “forest thinking” for more sustainable and ethical ways of doing architecture today.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Handel, Handel Dan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032753188
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275318-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Forestry and silviculture, Urban communities / city life