A Moratorium on New Construction
$33.10
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2025
Summary
To build is to destroy, writes Charlotte Malterre-Barthes. From steel bolts to concrete blocks to wood flooring to polyester insulation panels, every single component of the built environment is the product of extractive processes. Driven by greedy economies, the global enterprise of space production expands, impacting climate, earth, water, humans, and non-humans everywhere. However housing is both a human right and the mandate of design disciplines- How to navigate the need for housing vers…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915609007 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915609003 |
| Author: | Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Lara Almarcegui |
| Publisher: | Sternberg Press |
| Imprint: | Sternberg Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 187g |
| Dimensions: | 149mm x 106mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Sternberg Press / Critical Spatial Practice |
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About The Author
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is Assistant Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne where she leads the laboratory RIOT. Most recently faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, her research interests are related to urgent aspects of contemporary urbanization, material extraction and climate emergency, and ecological/social justice.
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