The Architecture Of Survival
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The Architecture of Survival
Author: Erik Trump
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: 2023-09-05
The Architecture of Survival: Setting and Politics in Apocalypse Films offers a compelling exploration of how popular films and TV series from the past two decades use architectural spaces to comment on socio-political issues. The authors harness varied theoretical perspectives to demonstrate how, through set design, these works suggest that certain kinds of architecture support human development, community, and freedom, while other kinds separate us from our fellow humans and make democratic politics impossible. The clean lines of modernist design serve in films such as Contagion and Ex Machina as a metaphor for the sanitized, sterile politics that drive disaster. In The Walking Dead apocalypse survivors favor traditional architectural styles when rebuilding society, a choice that symbolically affirms their democratic principles. The massive walls and super-gentrification as seen in Elysium and Army of the Dead divide humanity, with those on one side wielding illegitimate power. Empty streetscapes intensify loneliness, alienation, and the destruction of civil norms. "Smart cities," offering a blend of high-tech surveillance and big data, erode social capital and community in Her and Transcendence. The book concludes with a somewhat hopeful glimpse into architecture’s potential to mitigate the catastrophic adverse effects of climate change, as seen in films like Zootopia.
The Architecture of Survival: The Shadow Logic
A survival protocol for the age of engineered confusion. This book reveals the invisible systems—political, economic, psychological—that shape our lives without consent. Blending analysis, metaphor, and hard truth, The Architecture of Survival decodes the shadow logic beneath collapse and offers a blueprint for coherence, resilience, and human reawakening. It's not a theory. It's a diagnostic. Read to decode.
The Architecture School Survival Guide
Author: Iain Jackson
language: en
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Release Date: 2015-08-25
Oops! Forgot to include a door! Every year new architecture students make the same mistakes, forgetting the same essential elements in their studio work. This handy guide provides basic tips and hints to help students make the most of their work. Advice ranges from the practical (how to orient a building on a site) to the thought-provoking (notions of taste) to just plain fun (how to dress, or not to dress, like an architect). All accompanied by the author's witty and beautiful illustrations. The Architecture Student's Survival Kit is a life-saving and entertaining resource for any first-year student or anyone thinking about studying architecture.