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SUMMARY:Kim Förster (University of Manchester) – "Commodity Cement: A 
 Global History" – Neighbours Lectures on History and Theory of Architect
 ure Vol. 1
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DESCRIPTION:Kim Förster\nKim Förster's teaching and research focuses on 
 environmental histories of architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries inv
 olving the humanities. He combines approaches in architectural history wit
 h those in energy and materials history that underlie processes of industr
 ialization\, modernization\, and urbanization. He is currently working on 
 a history of cement in global perspective. The goal is a revision of moder
 n architectural history\, and a repositioning of architectural humanities 
 for decarbonization in the 21st century. Förster has contributed essays a
 nd texts to Überbau (TU Berlin\, 2021)\, Beyond Concrete (Triest\, 2022)\
 , and the "Klimapositiv" issue of Werk\, Bau + Wohnen (May 2022). Other to
 pics include the emergence of ecological thinking and design in European a
 rchitecture\, exemplified by the solar projects in Milton Keynes\, the gre
 en projects of the International Building Exhibition IBA 84/87 Berlin\, an
 d the ETH / University of Zurich exhibition "Umdenken Umschwenken". Först
 er is the editor of the series "Environmental Histories of Architecture\,"
  which emerged from the Canadian Centre for Architecture's Multidisciplina
 ry research project "Architecture and/for the Environment\," funded by the
  Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and published through Library Stack. As a mem
 ber of the architecture group common room\, he co-curated the exhibition "
 Disquitude. Architecture in Portugal" and co-edited its subsequent publica
 tion. His monograph on the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies is
  forthcoming. His research has been supported by the Swiss National Scienc
 e Foundation and Canadian Centre for Architecture. He is currently a Lectu
 rer at the University of Manchester and member of MARG (Manchester Archite
 cture Research Group).
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