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Subnature Response

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

Subnatures text provides a welcome response to the typical theorist responses to nature and architecture. Gissen terms subnature as elements of smoke, exhaust, dust, the heat of crowds, and mud as “undertheorized, underdiscussed, and undervisualized in architecture.” (21)  These are … Continue reading →

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Subnature Response

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

Gissen defines subnature as “those forms of nature deemed primitive “(mud and dankness), filthy (smoke, dust, and exhaust), fearsome (gas or debris), or uncontrollable (weeds, insects, and pigeons). We can contrast these subnatures to those seemingly central and desirable forms … Continue reading →

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