Concerning Land is the first in a new AA Publications series that opens disciplinary space for architecture to reckon with what land actually means — as belonging, as claim, as responsibility, and as myth.
About This Book
Land is one of architecture's most contested and under-examined foundations. This inaugural issue gathers four essays that approach the subject from radically different positions: the earthbound, the mythical, the legal, and the infrastructural. Together, they push well beyond the standard professional framing of site as neutral ground. For architects and academics accustomed to treating land as a given, this publication insists it is anything but. It is the opening provocation of a series designed to hold the profession accountable to the questions it too often defers — making it essential reading for anyone working through architecture's relationship to land, stewardship, and belonging.
Key Features
- 46 pages of critical essays spanning earthbound, mythical, legal, and infrastructural perspectives on land
- Essays by Silvana Taher, Charlotte Birrell, Georgia Hablützel, and Tadeáš Řía
- Edited by Ingrid Schroder and Emily Priest
- Published by AA Publications, ISBN: 9781919624563
What You'll Discover
- How belonging to land — as distinct from owning or occupying it — poses a distinct set of architectural and ethical questions
- The mythical dimensions of land as explored by Charlotte Birrell, expanding the conceptual scope beyond material or legal frameworks
- Georgia Hablützel's legal reading of land and what juridical structures reveal about architectural responsibility
- Tadeáš Řía's infrastructural lens, connecting the large-scale systems that shape land to questions of stewardship and design
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 46
- Dimensions: 11 x 14 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781919624563
- Publisher: AA Publications
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, landscape architects, and academics interrogating the political, legal, and ethical dimensions of site and land in contemporary practice.