Climate Imaginary

Description: The Climate Imaginary reflects on a global collection of design works that are engaged with the social, political and cultural transformations anticipated with climate change.

With the climate emergency dominating our collective consciousness, the design field has mobilized to engage with the social, political and cultural transformations anticipated with the effects of this crisis. There has also been a corresponding widening to the spectrum of climate-informed design explorations, going beyond the technical imperatives of sustainability.

The Climate Imaginary brings together a global collection of works which provide a sample of this plurality. This pluralism reverberates more explicitly with the scope of disruptions that will affect all aspect of our lives. The pervasiveness of the effects of this emergency opens up a panoply of subjects to be explored by designers that will affect all aspect of our lives. The pervasiveness of the effects of this emergency opens up a panoply of subjects to be explored by designers.

With Contributions of Abalos + Sentkiewicz, appareil, B+W+, C+ Arquitectas, Design Earth, EcoLogicStudio, Ecosistema Urbano, Pablo Lorenzo Eiroa, Ensamble, Fadi Masoud, Harvard Office for Urbanization, Iredale Pederson Hook, LLDS Architects, Lydia Kallipoliti et Al.

Brief description: David S.C. Mah is a senior lecturer in urban design and architecture at the University of Melbourne's school of design. David has taught at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, Cornell University's department of architecture at the graduate design school of the Architectural Association in London. David is an author of the books: Lifestyled Health and Places (Jovis) and Systems Upgrade: Re-fabricating Tectonic Prototypes (Actar). Together with Leire, his creative works have been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in London, the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York and for the National Gallery of Victoria's Melbourne Design Week amongst others.

Review Quotes: "The Climate Imaginary is a seminal contribution to the study of Landscape Architecture, Green Design, and Urban Land Use Planning. Impressively informative and nicely illustrated throughout, this large format (5.3 x 2 x 9.25 inches, 1.6 pounds) hardcover edition of "The Climate Imaginary" from Actar is a unique and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and college/university library Landscape Architecture collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists." --Midwest Book Review