Dross City
Urban Metabolism
Seiten
2022
Listlab (Verlag)
978-88-99854-19-5 (ISBN)
Listlab (Verlag)
978-88-99854-19-5 (ISBN)
Working off Alan Berger's 'DrossScape' theory, this book explores the concept of waste-culture, where entire urban environments are built atop of mountains of their own refuse.
Dross is waste: solid impurities that form on the surface of the smelting pot. While most is thrown away, some is reusable or recyclable. Hence 'DrossScape', a term conceived by land economist Alan Berger. Working off Berger's theories, this book explores the concept of waste-culture, where entire cities are built atop of mountains of their own refuse. Photographs depict wastelands as places removed from the urban sprawl, as well as islands within it - hidden away or in plain sight. But in all cases, these dilapidated landscapes have latent potential. Dross City works towards a new urban metabolism. It includes projects and research that interrogate the current and future city, its geographical structure, infrastructures, and forms of settlements. It looks at recycling strategies and multi-scalar design approaches, with the intention of encouraging interest in the DrossScape.
Dross is waste: solid impurities that form on the surface of the smelting pot. While most is thrown away, some is reusable or recyclable. Hence 'DrossScape', a term conceived by land economist Alan Berger. Working off Berger's theories, this book explores the concept of waste-culture, where entire cities are built atop of mountains of their own refuse. Photographs depict wastelands as places removed from the urban sprawl, as well as islands within it - hidden away or in plain sight. But in all cases, these dilapidated landscapes have latent potential. Dross City works towards a new urban metabolism. It includes projects and research that interrogate the current and future city, its geographical structure, infrastructures, and forms of settlements. It looks at recycling strategies and multi-scalar design approaches, with the intention of encouraging interest in the DrossScape.
Carlo Gasparrini, architect and urbanist, is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Naples.
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.04.2017 |
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Zusatzinfo | 300 colour |
Verlagsort | Trento |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 168 x 240 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
ISBN-10 | 88-99854-19-X / 889985419X |
ISBN-13 | 978-88-99854-19-5 / 9788899854195 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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