Post-Anthropocentric Dwelling Conditions

Hendery, Peter N

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Post-Anthropocentric Dwelling Conditions

dc.contributor.advisor	Skender Luarasi
dc.contributor.advisor	Ray K. Mann
dc.contributor.author	Hendery, Peter N
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Architecture
dc.date	2023-09-22T20:01:14.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T21:02:31Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T21:02:31Z
dc.date.issued	2009-01-01
dc.date.submitted	2009-May
dc.description.abstract	The way we build our environment today is a process of protecting ourselves from the elements of nature. We build walls, roofs, and windows; we create a more predictable and controllable environment to keep out what’s felt to be dangerous, dirty, and destructive. We isolate ourselves from the things we perceive as threats. This is common practice and not illogical. Shelter is about preservation and refuge. We need to feel safe in order to prosper. What is illogical, though, is wasting all those opportunities that come along with living closer and more integrated these natural processes that are being excluded. What would happen if we were to re-integrate our lives with nature? This examination of a re-integration strategy begins with breaking down the idea of plant and animal into basic “technologies” and learning from them. Through the use of fractal generation these technologies are embedded within the landscape to create a framework that embodies both plant and animal traits or desires of habitation. This new framework becomes the basis for the design; the ground zero for an explosion of life. The final design seeks to re-integrate the human with a whole host of organisms that already exist on site and play vital roles within the ecosystem that the human is participating in. The intention of this process is to imbue the final design with aspects or technologies that are not merely centered on human habitation conditions but are purely post-anthropocentric in that they see to the needs of all inhabitants on a particular site.
dc.description.degree	Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/857891
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/46726
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1394&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Architecture
dc.subject	Architecture
dc.subject	Design
dc.title	Post-Anthropocentric Dwelling Conditions
dc.type	open
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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