Building Biospheres
| Author | Bas Smets, ed |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Vlaams Architectuur Instituut |
| ISBN | 9789492567413 |
| Idea Code | 260560 |
The Belgian pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2025 presented a radical experiment that challenges the relationship between nature, technology and architecture. Curated by landscape architect Bas Smets in collaboration with neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, Building Biospheres explored how plant intelligence can shape the built environment, creating self-regulating microclimates that redefine our human notions of comfort and control. For centuries, architecture has sought to control and isolate us from the natural world, engineering environments that prioritize human comfort over ecological collaboration. Building Biospheres proposed a new paradigm: rather than resisting nature, can we design with it? This book expands on the questions raised by the exhibition, bringing together perspectives from architecture, neurobiology, artificial intelligence, botany and philosophy. Through essays, interviews and visuals, it hints at the possibility of an architecture of natural intelligence – one where plants, humans and buildings enter into new forms of co-existence.
| 320 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 15 cm, pb, English |
Regular price:
US$31.95
Product number:
idea48478
