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Cosmo-Techno-Poiesis: Architecture of Environmental Control
University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Department of Design, Interior Architecture and Visual Communication (DIV), Industrial Design. University of Gothenburg, HDK-Valand.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5068-9350
2023 (English)In: ISEA 2023: Symbiosis, 2023, p. 395-402Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Architecture is a collective technological human practice to control local environments in order to protect the human body. Depending on the worldview and cosmology of the society which produces the architecture – increasingly the global worldview is rational, mono-technological and Western – this practice gives more or less space for nonhuman agency. This paper looks at ways to loosen the contemporary Western obsession with controlling the environment architecturally by exploring different forms of architectural memento mori (remember you must die). The act of willing (poiesis) protective-controlling architecture (technology) into the world, inside a certain worldview (cosmology), is explored through the conceptual entanglement of those three notions: cosmo-techno-poiesis. The paper concludes with an architectural example and a short summary.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. p. 395-402
Keywords [en]
architecture, control, decay, death, glitch, wabi-sabi
National Category
Architecture
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-9400OAI: oai:DiVA.org:konstfack-9400DiVA, id: diva2:1813735
Conference
ISEA 2023 : Symbiosis, 28th International Symposium on Electronic Art, May 16-21, Paris
Available from: 2023-11-21 Created: 2023-11-21 Last updated: 2025-11-05Bibliographically approved
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1. Transmundane Architecture: Architectural Control Relationships Through the Lens of More-than-Human Onto-Epistemologies, Degrowth Practices and Occulture
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Transmundane Architecture: Architectural Control Relationships Through the Lens of More-than-Human Onto-Epistemologies, Degrowth Practices and Occulture
2024 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic) [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]

Architecture has traditionally focused on human-centred practices, emphasising control over construction processes and creating internal environments that separate humans from their external surroundings. The growing interest in posthuman theories introduces the concept of nonhuman agency into this predominantly human-centric field. This research seeks to explore the potential tensions between traditional design practices, such as architecture, and the impacts of nonhuman agency on associated design and construction processes. Building on experimental design research at the intersection of art, design and architecture, this research seeks to contribute to posthuman design discourse by critically examining the implications of occultural and degrowth themes through the design of a specific building located in the woods of Småland. The building is a method to explore the emerging design program of the research: human-nonhuman control relationships.[Bokinfo]

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Stockholm: Konstfack, 2024. p. 366
Series
Konstfack Dissertation Collection ; 9
Keywords
Architecture, Artistic Research, Posthumanism, Nonhuman, Agency, Degrowth, Occulture, Control, Care, Adaptation
National Category
Architecture
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-10058 (URN)9789185549634 (ISBN)
Public defence
2024-12-17, Svarta havet, Konstfack, LM Ericssons väg 14, Stockholm, 10:30 (English)
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Available from: 2024-12-03 Created: 2024-12-03 Last updated: 2025-11-05Bibliographically approved

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