New Tools Vol. 1: Architectural Discourses on the Anthropocene assembles four critical texts that press architecture to reckon with climate crisis, social justice, and economic transformation — moving the discipline from passive observer to active spatial agent.
About This Book
The first volume in the New Tools series takes the Anthropocene not as background context but as the organising problem for architectural theory and practice today. Four interdisciplinary contributions trace the concept's expanding lexicon — from Technocene to Capitalocene to Urbicene — before pivoting to its material consequences: standards of care as a social justice framework, the case for non-extractive architecture as economic transformation, and the curated dinner as an unlikely but instructive planning instrument. Together, the texts argue that inclusive, equitable, and sustainable spatial practice requires new conceptual tools, not merely refined techniques. Essential reading for architects and theorists engaged with climate-responsive design and critical urbanism.
Key Features
- 112 pages of critical theoretical essays on architecture and the Anthropocene
- Edited by Adria Daraban and Frédéric Schnee
- Contributions by Marc Angélil, Cary Siress, Elke Krasny, Space Caviar, Freek Persyn, Charlotte Schaeben, and Lukas Fink
- Published by Ruby Press, ISBN 9783944074559
What You'll Discover
- How the concept of the Anthropocene has fractured into competing terminologies — Thermocene, Plantationocene, Entropocene, Capitalocene, Urbicene — and what each term demands of architectural thinking
- Elke Krasny's argument linking "Standards of Care" to questions of social justice within spatial practice
- Space Caviar's manifesto for non-extractive architecture as a structural response to broader economic transformation
- How Freek Persyn, Charlotte Schaeben, and Lukas Fink deploy the Curated Dinner as a participatory planning and design intervention
About the Author
New Tools Vol. 1 is edited by Adria Daraban and Frédéric Schnee, who shape the series around the intersection of architectural theory and contemporary socio-environmental discourse. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 112
- Dimensions: 108 x 178 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783944074559
- Publisher: Ruby Press
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, urban theorists, and design researchers working at the intersection of climate discourse, social equity, and spatial practice — and students seeking grounding in contemporary architectural theory beyond building technique.