02969nam a22003497a 4500 pucpr 20230125134046.0 230125b2022 a|||| |||| 001 0 eng d 9781848225145 1848225148 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA680 A76 2022 23 724.6 299999 Armstrong, Rachel Safe as houses : the more-than-human home. / Rachel Armstrong. txt Lund Humphries : London, 2022. 144 p. ill. ; 21 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc 300000 Designing Now Includes index. 1. Introduction -- 2. Our Microbial World -- 3. More than Human Home -- 4. Architectural Challenge -- 5. Future Proofing the Pandemic -- 6. Microbial Futures -- 7. Discussion -- Our relationship with our homes changed in 2020 when the pandemic known as Covid-19 led to enforced periods of self-isolation, called 'lockdown'. We got to0know our living spaces intimately and learned the greatest risk of infection was indoors through the breath we shared in poorly ventilated spaces, where microbial atmospheres could work their way inside, through every door, window and with every visitor.0Our fear of such invisible threats will persist long after the pandemic ends and reflects a growing divide between the human and the microbial realm. This book examines the notion of the home in the context of the pandemic and lockdown, as they relate to environmental concerns and how we live with viruses and bacteria. It argues that, in order to decrease our vulnerability to infective agents, we need to acknowledge the link between people, space, daily routines and microbes and explore how the predominantly benign microbial world might be harnessed to combat and boost out immunity to future pathogens.0Suggesting more than environmental home improvements, it explores new innovations and new materials which incorporate microbes for more ecological designs, such as ceramic tiles, concrete bio-receptive surfaces, building skins, fabrics, waste management and alternative energy supplies. A series of drawings0which reveal the evolution of microbial technologies, infrastructures, spaces,0dwellings, and architectures sets out a prototype for an ecological home for0post pandemic times. Identifying the lessons that COVID-19 has brought us, the book highlights the need for humans to consider and take microbes into account in future built environments. 86034 Design Architecture 112065 Home. Architecture 297689 COVID-19 (Disease) Architecture 300001 Pandemics Architecture 54088 Architecture, Modern COVID-19 (Disease) Pandemics lcc 6 NA680 General A76 2022 299407 299407 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2022-11-08 Amazon 31.37 0 General NA680 A76 2022 91000000068981 2023-01-25 00:00:00 1 41.37 2022-11-08 6