Towards a More-Than-Human Architecture: Exploring the Notion of Inclusivity

Jon Dag Rasmussen; Magda Mostafa; Ruth Baumeister; Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen; Martin Tamke

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-36302-3_48

Towards a More-Than-Human Architecture: Exploring the Notion of Inclusivity

Jon Dag Rasmussen
, Magda Mostafa (Editor)
, Ruth Baumeister (Editor)
, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen (Editor)
, Martin Tamke (Editor)

Aalborg University
Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Skoler for Arkitektur, Design og Konservering

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Abstract

The concept of inclusivity is prominent in architectural practices and discussions concerned with the promotion of social, societal, and spatial participation among the largest possible group of people. In this argumentative essay, I seek to ask fundamental questions regarding inclusivity in contemporary architecture and planning from the position of nonhuman lifeforms and phenomena. This endeavor aims at exploring the notion of the architectural user as this can be understood and defined in the Anthropocene, and in the wake of philosophical and research-based findings concerned with the significance of human and nonhuman entanglement in this era. Drawing on elements from both fiction, philosophy, and research, the essay reflects upon what inclusivity and inclusive architecture could mean when we engage with these notions and ideologies from a nonhuman and more-than-human point of departure. Leaning on concepts as the nonhuman turn and flat ontologies, the essay explores the need for developing a more-than-human architecture for the twenty-first century.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Design for Inclusivity : Proceedings of the UIA World Congress of Architects Copenhagen 2023
Number of pages	7
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	Sept 2023
Pages	659-665
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-36304-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36302-3_48
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023
Externally published	Yes

Series	Sustainable Development Goals Series

Keywords

Architecture
Inclusivity
More-than-human
Users

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Research Lab in User Perspectives and Qualitative Methodologies: Architecture, the Built Environment & Universal Design
Rasmussen, J. D. (Principle researcher)
01/02/22 → 31/05/23
Project: Research

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Towards a More-Than-Human Architecture: Exploring the Notion of Inclusivity. / Rasmussen, Jon Dag; Mostafa, Magda (Editor); Baumeister, Ruth (Editor) et al.
Design for Inclusivity: Proceedings of the UIA World Congress of Architects Copenhagen 2023. Springer, 2023. p. 659-665 (Sustainable Development Goals Series).

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