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More-than-human future cities: From the design of nature to designing for and through nature

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Publication date22/10/2021
Host publicationMAB20: Proceedings of the 5th Media Architecture Biennale Conference
EditorsMartijn de Waal, Frank Suurenbroek
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Pages23-30
Number of pages8
ISBN (electronic)9781450390484
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This paper examines ways in which media architecture and information design can contribute to multispecies wellbeing and coexistence in urban and peri-urban environments. It argues that a radical shift is needed, from looking at design as a tool to plan tamed nature into urban fabric towards design actions for understanding and working with the unruliness of the natural world in its manifold forms. We present a review of existing literature and an analysis of a selection of projects-in-progress from the CUBIC research group at Lancaster University, UK. In doing so, we aim to propose a new approach for how we think of, and design for, more-than-human future cities. Media architecture is core to this endeavour because we need to find new ways to communicate these new knowledges and contribute toward a better understanding of the complex issues of multispecies coexistence and flourishing. Far from providing an established framework or guidelines, we share this provocation from the outset as a catalyst for emerging collaboration and through which further open-ended questions can be explored.

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© ACM, 2021. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in MAB20: Media Architecture Biennale 20 June 2021 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/3469410.3469413