A Moratorium on New Construction by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes - ISBN: 9781915609007
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Pause building, save earth: reimagine existing spaces for a less extractive future.

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    240 pages

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    24 June 2025

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Summary

To build is to destroy, writes Charlotte Malterre-Barthes. From steel bolts to concrete blocks to wood flooring to polyester insulation panels, every single component of the built environment is the product of extractive processes. Driven by greedy economies, the global enterprise of space production expands, impacting climate, earth, water, humans, and non-humans everywhere. However housing is both a human right and the mandate of design disciplines- How to navigate the need for housing vers…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781915609007
ISBN-10:1915609003
Author:Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Lara Almarcegui
Publisher:Sternberg Press
Imprint:Sternberg Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:24 June 2025
Weight:187g
Dimensions:149mm x 106mm x 15mm
Series:Sternberg Press / Critical Spatial Practice
About The Author

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is Assistant Professor of Architectural and Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne where she leads the laboratory RIOT. Most recently faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, her research interests are related to urgent aspects of contemporary urbanization, material extraction and climate emergency, and ecological/social justice.

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