02267nmm a22002657a 4500 ES-BaAUN 20221227195245.0 221102b ||| |o||j| 00| 0 eng d 2575-5374 ES-BaAUN eng ES-BaAUN Armstrong, Rachel author. 1966- Metabolism as Technology UrbanNext, April 24, 2020. 2816 words. Energy and sustainability, Essay, expanding design practices, Formats, New Geographies 11: Extraterrestrial, No Density, Rachel Armstrong, Technology and fabrication, Topics Architecture, Architecture&climate, Architecture&nature, Biotech, Challenge, Community, Consumption, development, Earth, Ecological design, Ecological researches, Ecosystem, Environmental technologies, Essay, Extraterrestrial, Food production, Industrialization, Livability, Living system, Metabolism, Planetary models, Research This essay is an excerpt of "New Geographies 11: Extraterrestrial" by Jeffrey S. Nesbit and Guy Trangoš -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2019954925 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky observed that the “problem” of biology, rather than engineering challenges, would be key to settling spaces beyond the Earth.Drawing on Bruno Latour’s notions of Earthbound and geostory I investigate the potential for terrestrial life on alien worlds and the planetary-scale forces that travelers, settlers, and colonists will need to overcome to achieve this aim. Providing an alternative reading of life in space than the present inescapably anthropocentric and terrestrial view of reality, alternative scenarios—such as directed panspermia and the Living Architecture project, which involve spatially and temporally “programming” the metabolism of microbes using a range of technological apparatuses from bioreactors to space probes—are proposed that engage with the physics, chemistry, and potential life-forms that may render space a fertile terrain for alternative kinds of life and modes of inhabitation. Architecture Alternative Living Research Outer Space https://urbannext.net/metabolism-as-technology-2/ Access to info ddc CF 0 1090 1090 0 0 ddc 0 0 9876543210 9876543210 2022-12-27 0 2022-12-27 2022-12-27 CF