| Barba: Life in the Fully Adaptable Environment Contributor(s): Maas, Winy (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Hackauf, Ulf (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Ravon, Adrien (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 9462082537 ISBN-13: 9789462082533 Publisher: Nai010 Publishers OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Criticism |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (1.75 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How might nanotechnology--the manipulation of matter at the level of atoms and molecules--change buildings and cities in the future? The authors of Barba have imagined one possible future, shaped by a miraculous nanomaterial of the same name, which can be steered and altered in real time, changing its shape and size at will. With Barba, the authors speculate, the built environment can be adapted almost immediately to every desire and every need. This volume, the latest in The Why Factory's Future Cities series, envisions the dramatic potential of nanomaterial to change cities and architecture in the not-so-distant future, further explored in a series of interactive experiments and installations. Part speculative architecture, part science fiction, Barba follows an inhabitant of this flexible future world for a day, daring the reader to imagine life in a fully adaptable environment. |