Mountains and Megastructures
Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour
Editors: Beattie, Martin, Kakalis, Christos, Ozga-Lawn, Matthew (Eds.)
Free Preview- Undertakes an examination of mountains and megastructures as interrelated phenomena, drawing on the multidisciplinary nature of architectural research
- Examines mountains and megastructures in an interchangeable way, uniquely negotiating the fixed boundaries of natural and artificial worlds to suggest a more complicated relationship between landscape and architecture
- Includes historical, speculative, literary, performative, geographic, visual, social and participatory investigations to contribute to the wider academic discourse on cultural and political landscapes, demonstrating the potential of architectural research in its broadest sense
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- About this book
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This book explores the shared qualities of mountains as naturally-formed landscapes, and of megastructures as manmade landscapes, seeking to unravel how each can be understood as an open system of complex network relationships (human, natural and artificial). By looking at mountains and megastructures in an interchangeable way, the book negotiates the fixed boundaries of natural and artificial worlds, to suggest a more complex relationship between landscape and architecture. It suggests an ecological understanding of the interconnectedness of architecture and landscape, and an entangled network of relations. Urban, colonialist, fictional, rural and historical landscapes are interwoven into this fabric that also involves discontinuities, tensions and conflicts as parts of a system that is never linear, but rather fluid and organic as driven by human endeavor.
- About the authors
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Dr. Martin Beattie is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK.
Dr. Christos Kakalis is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK.
Dr. Matthew Ozga-Lawn is a Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Mountains and Megastructures: Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour
Pages 1-12
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Border Versus Boundary: The Holy Mountain and the Inhabitation of Its Periphery
Pages 15-28
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From Picturesque Detachment to Bodily Engagement: The Entwined Histories of Photography, Architecture and Climbing
Pages 29-48
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House-Building in the Alps with Ruskin and Tyndall or CZOgraphy: An Ecocriticism for the Critical Zone
Pages 49-74
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Bachelard’s Phenomenology and Verticality
Pages 75-91
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Mountains and Megastructures
- Book Subtitle
- Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour
- Editors
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- Martin Beattie
- Christos Kakalis
- Matthew Ozga-Lawn
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-15-7110-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-15-7110-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-15-7109-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 328
- Number of Illustrations
- 22 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
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