Imprint: Triarchy Press
Format: paperback, ePub, Kindle Extent: 180pp Size: 234 x 156mm Print ISBN: 978-1-913743-26-0 List Price: £20 Publication: December 2021 Tags: paradigm shifts, construction, design, built environment, architecture, triarchy press, ecology, regenerative design About the authors: Sarah Ichioka ~ Michael Pawlyn Pre-order the paperback (£20)
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Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency
Many would call Covid-19 an inflection point in the world’s fight against climate
change. As societies chart their recovery from the pandemic, they have a crucial decision to make: do they succumb to the worst of “business as usual” or can they chart a bright new path together? Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency, argues that humanity’s best chance of a positive future lies not with looking beyond biology, as transhumanists, advocate, or in retreating from civilization, as some deep ecologists propose. Rather, the answers are to be found in nature, where we will learn (or-re-learn) the perspectives and tools we need to support the flourishing of all life, for all time. By looking deeply into the web of life that created and supported us, and drawing inspiration from diverse cultural traditions and perspectives, Ichioka and Pawlyn propose six paradigm shifts that would transform how we construct, design and manage the built environment, and our journey towards planetary health. These include: moving beyond sustainable design towards regenerative design ‘re-patterning’ anthropocentric modes of thinking in architecture envisioning cities as sites for interbeing and action, rather than consumption. Notably, these ideas are based on transcending and including, rather than opposing and dismissing previous paradigms. Each key shift is accompanied by illustrative graphics and examples of how these essential shifts are more than possible, with existing or near-term methods and technologies. Flourish offers a fresh and compelling argument from two leading urbanists and architects, and a critical yet imaginative approach for how all of us - not just humans - can thrive in a time of intense urban growth. More than a manual on how to make the best out of our narrow window of opportunity, Flourish is an invitation to imagine a different array of possibilities and a call to action to move towards a truly regenerative and cooperative way of life. Contents
Introduction Chapter 1 Possibilism: evidence, uncertainty and agency Chapter 2 Co-evolution as nature: stewardship and living systems Chapter 3 A longer now: deep, cyclical time and holarchic progress Chapter 4 Symbiogenesis: mutualism, citizen-activism and public luxury Chapter 5 Planetary health: qualitative development, living metrics and flows Conclusion Acknowledgements Endnotes |
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