Eco-Tec
Subtitle: Architecture of the In-Between (Storefront Books)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: April 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781568981598
Subjects: Applied ecology; Theory of architecture; General; Architecture And The Environment; Architecture; Technology; Human Ecology; Criticism; Architecture / General; Non-Classifiable; Ecology; Environmental aspects; Environmental sciences
First sentence: The essays in this book are a small sample of the work produced by the series of international, interdisciplinary ECO-TEC conferences on the symbiosis between ecology and technology which have taken place since 1992, sponsored by StoreFront for Art &amp; Architecture in New York.
Description: ECO-TEC probes the fusion between ecology and technology, to go beyond prevailing theories of sustainability and suggest a new role for architecture. It serves to reassess our collective ecological and technological illiteracy by placing a priority on learning from nature and taking care of nature in the buildings and communities we design, build, and occupy. The thirteen essays in ECO-TEC stem from a series of international forums and workshops sponsored by StoreFront for Art and Architecture.

It brings together biologists, physicists, geologists, artists, architects and social critics writing on such diverse subjects as the relevance of nanotechnology in architecture, and the renovation of an abandoned asbestos factory.