Volume #18: After Zero
December 2008
Originally a wacko, hippy-esque ideology, ‘sustainability’ – aka ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘green’ – has now become globally accepted. But as what – an environmental urgency, a political issue, a technical problem, a historic destiny, a new world order? And what are the consequences of this acceptance?
The sustainability consensus is dangerous since the concept has no political content and can be used for any cause. Carbon neutrality and zero emissions are like magic formulas, cover-ups for complicated ethical questions about the inequalities in our societies.Yet striving for zeros or hiding in neutrality does not lead to a better life in a more desirable house in a superior city for everyone. After Zero is not about design inspired by the fear of tsunamis or Katrinas. Volume proposes an understanding of our society beyond zero. To kick off we discuss two perspectives: sustainability in a post-capitalist city and the potential of urban agriculture.
Contributors
Jago van Bergen, Stefano Boeri, Clare Butcher, Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen, Steef Buijs, Christophe Catsaros, Thomas Daniell, John E. Fernández, Aetzel Griffioen, Andrew Herscher, Scott Hocking, Joost Janmaat, Sherry Lassiter, Aric Mayer, Christien Meindertsma, Koert van Mensvoort, Monica Nouwens, Michela Pasquali, Marjetica Potrc, Panayiota I. Pyla, Gianluigi Ricuperati, Mireille Roddier, Harriet Russell, Debra Solomon, Tokyo Genso, Michael Stanton, Peter Trummer, Piet Vollaard, Ronald Wall, Slavoj Žižek
Details
160 pages
Binding: Soft-Cover
ISBN 978 90 77966 18 1
Price: € 19,50
Release: December 2008
Editor-in-chief: Arjen Oosterman
Contributing editors: Ole Bouman, Rem Koolhaas, Mark Wigley
Feature editor: Jeffrey Inaba
Editorial Consultants: Carlos Betancourth, Thomas Daniell, Bart Goldhoorn, Markus Miessen, Kai Vöckler
Design: Irma Boom and Sonja Haller
Publisher: Stichting Archis
