Material World - Harvard Graduate School of Design
▻https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/course/material-world-spring-2021
“Who is it that the Earth belongs to?” Bangstad, Sindre, and Nilsen Torbjørn Tumyr. “Thoughts on the Planetary: An Interview with Achille Mbembe.” New Frame (2019).
Every decision planners take in the design process of a project has an impact when implemented, not only on the site of construction, but also on the site of extraction and of production. From the window frames of a house to the concrete pillars of a highway bridge, from the wood flooring of a living room to the asphalt of our streets, and from the steel bolts of a door to the tree species of a park, these choices deployed in the materiality of the built environment have a global knock-on effect.