Il y a trois cents ans, les intellectuels européens des Lumières ont construit une mythologie autour de la technologie. Inspirée par l’humanisme, le colonialisme et le racisme réunis, cette mythologie a ignoré la sagesse locale et l’innovation autochtone, jugées primitives. Aujourd’hui, nous commençons doucement à réaliser que l’héritage de cette croyance nous hante. Les designers ont compris l’urgence de réduire l’impact environnemental négatif de l’humanité, mais font perdurer cette même croyance en la technologie qui repose sur l’exploitation de la nature. Réagissant aux changements climatiques par la construction d’infrastructures fortes et en favorisant une conception technologique homogène, nous ignorons un savoir millénaire sur la façon de vivre en symbiose avec la nature. Sans la mise en œuvre de systèmes flexibles qui utilisent la biodiversité comme composante, les créations demeurent intrinsèquement non durables.Lo—TEK, abréviation de Traditional Ecological Knowledge (savoir écologique traditionnel), est un ensemble de connaissances, pratiques et croyances multigénérationnelles, opposées à l’idée que l’innovation autochtone est primitive et existe indépendamment de la technologie. Au contraire, elle est sophistiquée et conçue pour fonctionner de façon durable avec des écosystèmes complexes. Préfacé par l’anthropologue Wade Davis et divisé en quatre chapitres – Montagnes, Forêts, Déserts et Milieux humides –, cet ouvrage explore des milliers d’années de sagesse et d’ingéniosité humaines issues de 18 pays dont le Pérou, la Tanzanie, le Kenya, l’Iran, l’Irak, l’Inde et l’Indonésie. Se révèle alors une mythologie ancienne dans un contexte contemporain qui radicalise l’esprit de la nature humaine. L’expérience de lecture tactile qu’offre Lo—TEK s’inscrit en écho à l’ingéniosité des projets sélectionnés avec soin pour ce livre, avec ses détails de conception sophistiqués: le cuivre du titre souligne la valeur du savoir ancestral, la couverture cartonnée évoque les matériaux bruts et la reliure à la Suisse dénude le dos des cahiers, révélant le processus de fabrication du livre, un livre qui dévoile des compétences technologiques méconnues.
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AD interviewed the award-winning architect to see where he finds inspiration for his bold ideas, and about the future of sustainable building
AD interviewed the award-winning architect to see where he finds inspiration for his bold ideas, and about the future of sustainable building
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AD interviewed the award-winning architect to see where he finds inspiration for his bold ideas, and about the future of sustainable building
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Inspired by a Japanese pavilion
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michael jantzen is a los angeles based architect whose work blends notions of art, architecture, technology, and sustainable design.
From nudes to surreal collage, street scenes to portraits, a new exhibition charts the astonishingly modern work of the maverick 1920s photographer
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'The Creative Workplace' is an inspiring compendium of over 50 offices and studios from across the globe, published by ROAD Publishing
'The Creative Workplace' is an inspiring compendium of over 50 offices and studios from across the globe, published by ROAD Publishing
This article is an introduction to Solarpunk as a vision, culture and movement of radical hope. Part explainer, part analysis, and part strategy,
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From nudes to surreal collage, street scenes to portraits, a new exhibition charts the astonishingly modern work of the maverick 1920s photographer
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The new all-women art show raising money for refugees
Archinect image gallery.
Completed in 2009 in Santiago, Chile. Images by Martín Schmidt R. The house is Located in Lo Curro hill in the capital city of Chile, Santiago. The site, long and with gentle slope, is covered with a forest of...
A space odyssey.
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Can a giant pile of data beat human expertise in the design of miracle drugs? Daphne Koller and her startup Insitro may come up with a surprising answer.
Image 14 of 24 from gallery of Separation Creek House / Jackson Clements Burrows.
Following a renovation by Odile Decq, Antti Lovag's iconc Maison Bernard in South France opens to the public
michael jantzen is a los angeles based architect whose work blends notions of art, architecture, technology, and sustainable design.
