Return to the source : new energy landscapes from the Land Art Generator Initiative : Abu Dhabi / edited by Robert Ferry, Elizabeth Monoian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferry, Robert (Architect), editor.

Monoian, Elizabeth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land Art Generator Initiative (Project).

Public art--United Arab Emirates--Abū Ẓaby.

Public art.

Renewable energy sources--United Arab Emirates--Abū Ẓaby.

Renewable energy sources.

Sustainable design--United Arab Emirates--Abū Ẓaby.

Sustainable design.

Public spaces--United Arab Emirates--Abū Ẓaby.

Public spaces.

United Arab Emirates--Abū Ẓaby.

Physical Description:

239 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, [2020]

Summary:

"Prize-winning public art installations demonstrate how renewable energy can become an extension of human culture. The Land Art Generator Initiative is one of the world's most exciting design competitions and for its 2019 challenge, entrants from around the world were asked to create a renewable energy-producing artwork for the UAE's Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. The winning designs are profiled in this generously illustrated volume. Each work demonstrates the aesthetic possibilities of renewable energy infrastructures. Capturing energy from nature and then converting it into power, these designs provide more than clean electricity to the city's residents. They also offer space for recreation and contemplation, while challenging our assumptions about ecological systems, resource generation, consumption, energy storage, and climate change solutions. Best of all, they illustrate the possibilities of living well in a post-carbon future"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Foreword / Yousef Baselaib

Return to the source / Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian

LAGI 2019 design guidelines

Land art in the United Arab Emirates / Naz Shahrokh

Reflecting on the history of design management at Masdar City / Chris Wan

Cities of meaning: the intangible value of art and sustainability / Lukas Sokol

Redesigning the world in sunlight / Clark A. Miller and Andrew Dana Hudson

Winning entries

Shortlisted entries

Selected entries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

379135938X

9783791359380

OCLC:

1100609584