Living Together: More-Than-Human Ecologies for Architectural Thinking

What does it mean for architecture to be a truly collaborative venture where plants and other species also exercise their agency? This would mean to make architecture receptive--physically, premised on creating spaces for accommodating multispecies; and intellectually, premised on becoming aware of the needs of more-than-humans. Design-based approaches whether technocratic or demonstrating a theoretical standpoint are fragmented today and demand a holistic approach.

Living Together positions itself in that fragmentation. The book is an inquiry into an architecture which allows multispecies alliances to take place. It brings materialist and ecological inquiries to architectural design, practice, and thinking; acknowledging a necessity to go beyond established architectural ideals of progress, monumentality, longevity, and permanence.

• A guide to ecological planning in architecture
• Cohabitation: architecture must take into account the non-human living space
• Inspiring illustrations

Author: Sonal Mithal, Akshar Gajjar
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: 08/07/2025
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9783035628159