Architectural Theory, Multitude, and the Anthropocene

Cameron McEwan

Architectural Theory, Multitude, and the Anthropocene

Cameron McEwan

Architecture and Built Environment Department

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Abstract

One of the aims of this article is to examine how architectural thought can be placed into closer dialogue with Anthropocenic thought. It may be a broader collective task, but there is a need to create approaches and frameworks that link different fields, figures, ideas, and methods. Here I focus on some of the concepts and methods put forward by political philosopher and activist Paolo Virno and media theorist and educator McKenzie Wark. I interpret their thought in relation to architects and theorists Aldo Rossi and Diana Agrest towards an architectural theory for the Anthropocene.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-36
Journal	Dialectic: Journal of the School of Architecture at the University of Utah
Volume	10
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2022

Keywords

Architectural theory
Anthropocene
multitude
Critical theory
Urbanism
McKenzie Wark
Paolo Virno
Aldo Rossi
Diana Agrest

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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McEwan ArchitecturalTheoryMultitudeAnthropocene Rev2 010422Accepted author manuscript, 260 KB
Dialectic+X_McEwanFinal published version, 580 KB

https://www.dialecticjournal.org/volume-10#DialecticX_ArchitecturalMcewan

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Architectural Theory, Multitude, and the Anthropocene

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UN SDGs

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Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

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Research output

The periphery as a critical project: towards an architectural pedagogy for the Anthropocene

Third Nature

Architectural Pedagogy for the Anthropocene: Theory, Critique, Typological Urbanism

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Journal of Architecture (Journal)

Peripheries: The Urban Periphery in the Era of the Anthropocene

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