Geospaces

Name: Geospaces
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SKU: 9781638400530
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Continuities Between Humans, Spaces, and the Earth

By Alper Derinbogaz

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Geospaces is a visual essay exploring the intersection of architecture and nature through the work of Alper Derinbogaz. It challenges traditional hierarchies that separate nature and culture by proposing an empathetic architectural approach deeply connected to Earth. The book examines architecture in the context of evolution, linking topography, geology, genetics, and ecologies with modern construction technologies to envision habitats as natural iterations rather than artificial constructs.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book suits architects, designers, and scholars interested in sustainable and evolutionary approaches to architecture. It appeals to those seeking a deeper understanding of ecological integration and future-forward fabrication technologies within the arts and culture sphere.

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Geospaces is an extended visual essay of ideas, images, drawings, and projects that follows the work of Alper Derinbogaz over the past decade, framing an approach to architecture based on empathy with earth.

Architectural history is a fragment of the long evolution of forms of habitat. The shape of the lands and the way we inhabit them are at the root of all architectural endeavours. However, our established conception of architecture is based on a hierarchy between nature and culture. To move towards an architecture more in tune with earth, we need to think in continuities, looking at the emergence of natural forms, the history of human inhabitation, and the future of fabrication technologies. What if we see buildings as iterations of nature rather than artificial objects?

Exploring architecture through the lens of evolution, Geospaces traces relationships between topography, geology, genetics, ecologies, and construction technologies, arguing that a hybrid approach to making will shape our future habitats.

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Praised for its innovative approach, Geospaces offers insightful reflections on architecture residing at the convergence of environmental history, technology, and future terraforming. Experts highlight its commitment to mediating between the built and natural environments and its ability to reconfigure urban spaces through creative and theoretical thinking. The book inspires architects worldwide towards harmonious coexistence with nature.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781638400530

Publisher: Actar Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Actar Publishers

Contributors:

Foreword by Luca Molinari

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 198.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Alper Derinbogaz Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Alper Derinboğaz is an architect and academic seeking communal relationships between environment and spatial elements through scientific strategies. His experiments vary from installations to large-scale cultural institutions, including the new İstanbul City Museum nearing compilation. He is the founder of architectural practice Salon. He received the Fulbright grant to study at UCLA, where he won the Graduate Award for his studies. His research has been exhibited in biennales and museums including the first İstanbul Design Biennale. He exhibited at the Koolhaas-curated Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014 with his work Modalities of the Spontaneous (MS), an in-depth study of urbanisation in relationship with geography. His projects have won awards in international competitions from Songdo Library to Kaunas Science Island. Hewas selected as one of the 40 top young architects in Europe in 2019, and in Archdaily’s Best Young Practices in 2020. He has been gathering his research under the umbrella of ‘Geospaces’ since 2011.