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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. M. Tsuneyama
DTSTART:20201204T090000
DTEND:20201204T094500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Mio Tsuneyama\n09:00 – 09:45 – Prof. Mio Tsuneyama\n
 Junior Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Science\, Japan\n\nTalk 
 title:\nUrban Soil Commons\n\nAbstract:\nAgainst the backdrop of climate c
 hange and low economic growth\, spontaneous "urban commons" are emerging g
 lobally in cities by local people to improve their living conditions. The 
 creation of places for urban commons utilizes limited urban resources such
  as waste material\, rainwater\, sun\, and soil\, and is connected to the 
 urban ecology.\nAmong urban resources\, soil has received a lot of attenti
 on in recent years. The world in soil beneath our feet is the root of huma
 n life\, where a wide variety of microorganisms work to produce our food\,
  clean water\, and grow plants that produce oxygen. The importance of the 
 work of soil and microorganisms is explained by David R. Montgomery and An
 ne Biklé in “The Hidden Half of Nature”. Bruno Latour also calls the 
 biofilm including soil\, Terrestrial\, a recognition that humans and natur
 e are defined by a new relationship. Dana Haraway calls humans “compost
 ”\, arguing for a symbiosis that transcends species.\nAlthough architect
 ure is built in contact with the soil and supported by soil structures\, t
 he subsoil environment is weakened by the fact that most of the urban grou
 nd surface is covered with asphalt and concrete. In addition\, current arc
 hitecture is designed to be industrial waste\, which is a burden on our sc
 arce ecological footprint. Is it possible to return architecture to the so
 il rather than to waste\, to incorporate it into the biosphere of its deco
 mposition and reproduction and that biological cycle become a common groun
 d for the city's resources? For this purpose\, architectural design is req
 uired to consider and trace the urban\, environmental\, ecological and mat
 erial cycles and life in an integrated manner. This lecture introduces the
  possibility of new forms of urban living that return to the soil and a ne
 w vision of urban planning through the soil commons.\n\n\nShort bio:\nMio 
 Tsuneyama is a junior associate professor in Tokyo University of Science a
 nd cofounder of architecture practice Studio mnm\, based in Tokyo\, Japan.
  Her practice and research are based on “urban living”\, “commons”
  and “ecology”\, known by her architectural works such as House for Se
 ven People(2013) and Holes in the House –Urban Wild Ecology(2017-)\, whi
 ch received a number of awards\, most notably the special mention to the J
 apanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2016. She is currently a member of
  the Voice of the Earth Design Subcommittee\, which studies the Actor-netw
 ork-theory by the relationships between material and energy circulation wi
 th human and non-human beings in architectural design. She began her archi
 tecture studies in the undergraduate program at Tokyo University of Scienc
 e and received her masters at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 
 in the theme of urban living in 2008. She worked at several architecture o
 ffice in Tokyo such as SANAA and Junya Ishigami as short-term intern durin
 g her study in Japan. She also has the experience of practicing in Switzer
 land as she worked as an intern at Bonhôte Zapata Architectes in Geneva a
 nd as an architect at HHF Architects in Basel.\n\n\n 
LOCATION:Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/84812577909
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