Curated Decay
Heritage Beyond Saving
by Caitlin DeSilvey

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Author(s)

Caitlin DeSilvey

Publication

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota, 2017

Scope

341 Pages, 20 cm.

ISBN

9780816694389

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Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to imperiled harbors, postindustrial ruins to Cold War test sites from the United States, Europe, and elsewhere, Curated Decay presents a provocation to conventional thinking on the conservation of cultural heritage. Caitlin DeSilvey proposes rethinking the care of certain vulnerable sites in terms of ecology and entropy, and explains how we must adopt an ethical stance that allows us to collaborate with—rather than defend against—natural processes.

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Keywords

architecture , ruins , organic architecture

Location

Cabinet 18 - 4: Tussenland ; Natuur in de stad

Remarks

Includes notes, index