Posthumanism in Practice Xenoaesthetics: A Posthumanist Approach to Architectural Encounter, (Hardcover)

<p><b>Examining our relationships with architecture beyond human-centric perspectives, <i>Xenoaesthetics </i></b><b>challenges conventional views of design and space inhabitation by exploring the architectural project as an autonomous entity. </b><br>Drawing together insights from philosophy and architecture, this book delves into the conditions, roles, and implications of architectural encounters, conceptualising the architectural project as a site of unity-multiplicity tension, and introducing the concept of xenoaesthetics as a cognitive mode attuned to this structure. This approach invites readers to reimagine architectural experience as a dual action that reveals the project to us and realizes itself through us. <br>As well as implying disciplinary consequences for design questions, Vaillo's work holds socio-political significance for our everyday architectural interactions, contributing to the quest for practices and discourses on equality. Methodologically, his argument draws from Object-Oriented Ontology and the architect Enric Miralles, offering an additional retrospective crossover that enriches both references. </p><p> A resource for students, architects, scholars, and enthusiasts interested in exploring architecture beyond assumptions and prescribed value systems, <i>Xenoaesthetics</i> encourages a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between humans and the architectural project.</p>

• Posthumanism in Practice Xenoaesthetics: A Posthumanist Approach to Architectural Encounter, (Hardcover)
• Author: Gonzalo Vaillo
• ISBN: 9781350515031
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-08-06
• Page Count: 320