Dreams of Disconnection

From the Autonomous House to Self-Sufficient Territories

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Why do we live in homes and communities built around the century-old industrial model of large service networks that use polluting resources? For more than a century, creative architects and planners have dreamed of decentralisation and self-sufficient living, not to cut themselves off from society, but to invent new modes of consumption and to rethink collective public services around common environmental values.

In a time of climate crisis, changing society means changing energy infrastructures. Dreams of disconnection tells the story of this strand of design and planning, from its pioneers in the late nineteenth century to those applying similar ideas to tomorrow's technology two hundred years later. Lopez takes in many a utopian visionary in her tour of dreamers of disconnection, from theorists and architects to industrialists and engineers. Technology and design are the centrepieces for these projects, and their complexity, particularly around sustainable supplies of energy, food and water, so often find solutions in aesthetics.

Whether these models were based around single homes or whole cities, Dreams of disconnection reveals that there is much to be learnt and marvelled at in the history of self-sufficient design.
This book is relevant to both United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 7 and 11, Affordable and clean energy and Sustainable cities and communities

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Year Published:
2021
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9781526146892
Number of Pages:
336
Publication Date:
24/06/2021
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Series:
Manchester University Press
Place of Publication:
Manchester
Authors:
Lopez, Fanny
Illustrations Note:
170 colour illustrations
SKU:
9781526146892

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