Other space odysseys
Subtitle: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli
By: edited by Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini
Contributors: Lynn, Greg; Maltzan, Michael; Poli, Alessandro; Centre canadien d'architecture
Publisher: Canadian Centre for Architecture; Lars Müller Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Montréal; Baden, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780920785881
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Exhibitions; Visionary architecture
Other titles: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli; Autres odyssées de l'espace.
Description: Today we are witnessing a renewed enthusiasm for space exploration, with scientific expeditions, satellite launches, and the emergence of space tourism pushing us to reconsider our relationship with our planet. Other Space Odysseys has nothing to do with Space Architecture or architecture in outer space. It is not a celebration of high-tech architecture and imagery or extreme physical and mental conditions. Instead, this book proposes a letting go of architecture understood as the production of -material goods in favour of architecture as the production of ideas. How can thinking about space lead to fresh perspectives on earth? Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan and Alessandro Poli present different avenues for approaching this question. Their odysseys, real and virtual, ultimately promise a rediscovery of our own world.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Apr.8-Sept. 6, 2010.

Issued also in French under title: Autres odyssées de l'espace.

Includes bibliographical references.