Beckett, Richard creator author. text bibliography enk 2024 monographic eng

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xv, 113 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. "Probiotic Cities covers a body of work that is at the forefront of emerging knowledge within architecture, towards designing informed indoor and built environment microbiomes. Sited within the broader field of Bio Design, the book presents highly experimental design research at the intersection of architecture, engineering and microbiology. The book describes work which explores novel strategies towards directly (re)introducing beneficial microbes into buildings and cities. Through discussion of both the work and the processes and methodologies used, it provides a framework to enable designers and practitioners to begin to engage with contemporary human-microbe relationships towards the design of healthy and resilient cities. The book defines a new microbial paradigm for architecture that engages with broader emerging ecological or 'more than human' philosophies for design within the age of the Anthropocene"-- Richard Beckett. Includes bibliographical references and index. City planning Environmental aspects Architecture Environmental aspects Urban microbiomes NA9053.E58 B43 2024 711.42 B43 2024 Beckett, Richard. London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 (DLC) 2023018263 9781032076096 9781032076102 2023018262 DLC 230711 20241216071913.0 23221857 eng