Tales of the Anthropocene: A Spatial Narrative of the Environment

The anthropocene, the new geological age, characterized by long-term climatic change and the commencement of significant human impact, is a result of industrialization, on the earth’s geology and ecosystems. While architecture itself cannot provide universal solutions, as urgent environmental threats become increasingly more visible, the role of architecture can help facilitate the understanding of those effects of climate change on our current culture. Architecture, as a material practice, can provide future speculations of environmental shifts on the earth through materialization, visualization, and speculation. Using a series of advanced design studios and seminar work as case studies, the paper aims to address the way in which architects can bring more awareness to significant environmental concerns through visual provocations. Using architectural tools as design research with mappings, drawings, and time-based imagery, visualizations materialize the potential risks and outcomes of changes to ecologies around the globe. With tales of the anthropocene, the focus on form, materiality and spatial narrative reflects how architecture can play a critical role in revealing the impact and effects of human activity on the environment.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.107.39

Volume Editors
Amy Kulper, Grace La & Jeremy Ficca

ISBN
978-1-944214-21-0