Intensification - e-flux

Editors Nick Axel, Nikolaus Hirsch, John Palmesino, Ann-Sofi Rönnskog

Contributors John Palmesino, Ann-Sofi Rönnskog, e-flux Architecture, John Tresch, Michaela Büsse, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Laura Tripaldi, Soundwalk Collective, Patti Smith

How heavy is a city? The complexity of formulating a response to this simple question ponits to a wide set of transformations that have taken place to what we used to call the city, as well as its backdrop: intensification, construction, destruction, erosion, emission, accumulations, duration, acidification, half-lives, extinction, fossilization… It begins to reveal a new figure in the making with a magnitude of planetary proportions.

Intensification is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale within the context of its seventh edition, “How heavy is a city?,” curated by John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog (Territorial Agency).

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5 essays

Soft Future

Laura Tripaldi

Throughout history, our understandings of technology have acted as a blueprint for conceptualizing the human and the living. This dynamism carries profound implications for how we relate to each other and to the larger world around us.

Anthropocene Territories

Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams

“Territories” is a universally understandable term, relatable to both humans and non-humans; it can be understood by those without a technical background, and yet it is relatable to a range of technical and academic concepts.

Granular Power: The Gritty Politics of Sand

Michaela Büsse

Sand Matters After water, sand is the second most used material in the world. Each year, approximately 40-50 billion metric tons of sand are consum…

The Weight of a Living Thought: City as Cosmogram

John Tresch

The question “how heavy is a city?” at first seems to request an answer in standard units: an estimate of vast piles of construction materials. A …

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John Palmesino, Ann-Sofi Rönnskog, and e-flux Architecture

Intensification is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa within the context of its seventh edition, “How heavy is a city?,” curated by John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog (Territorial Agency).

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Architecture, Climate change, Anthropocene, Science, Cybernetics

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John Palmesino, Ann-Sofi Rönnskog, and e-flux Architecture Editorial
John Tresch The Weight of a Living Thought: City as Cosmogram
Michaela Büsse Granular Power: The Gritty Politics of Sand
Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams Anthropocene Territories
Laura Tripaldi Soft Future

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