{"product_id":"koolhaas-countryside-a-report-9783836583312","title":"Koolhaas. Countryside, a Report","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Architects \u0026amp; Firms - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rural, remote, and wild territories we call \"countryside\", or the \u003cstrong\u003e98% of the earth's surface not occupied by cities\u003c\/strong\u003e, make up the front line where today's most powerful forces--\u003cstrong\u003eclimate and ecological devastation, migration, tech, demographic lurches\u003c\/strong\u003e--are playing out. Increasingly under a 'Cartesian' regime--gridded, mechanized, and optimized for maximal production--these sites are changing beyond recognition. In his latest publication, \u003cstrong\u003eRem Koolhaas explores the rapid and often hidden transformations underway across the Earth's vast non-urban areas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountryside, A Report\u003c\/em\u003e gathers travelogue essays exploring territories marked by global forces and \u003cstrong\u003eexperimentation at the edge of our consciousness\u003c\/strong\u003e: a test site near \u003cstrong\u003eFukushima\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the robots that will maintain Japan's infrastructure and agriculture are tested; a greenhouse city in \u003cstrong\u003ethe Netherlands\u003c\/strong\u003e that may be the origin for the cosmology of today's countryside; the rapidly thawing permafrost of \u003cstrong\u003eCentral Siberia\u003c\/strong\u003e, a region wrestling with the possibility of relocation; refugees populating dying villages in the \u003cstrong\u003eGerman\u003c\/strong\u003e countryside and intersecting with climate change activists; habituated mountain gorillas confronting humans on 'their' territory in \u003cstrong\u003eUganda\u003c\/strong\u003e; the \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Midwest\u003c\/strong\u003e, where industrial-scale farming operations are coming to grips with regenerative agriculture; and\u003cstrong\u003e Chinese villages\u003c\/strong\u003e transformed into all-in-one factory, e-commerce stores, and fulfillment centers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is \u003cstrong\u003ethe official companion to the Guggenheim Museum exhibition\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eCountryside, The Future\u003c\/em\u003e. The exhibition and book mark \u003cstrong\u003ea new area of investigation\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efor architect and urbanist Rem Koolhaas\u003c\/strong\u003e, who launched his career with two city-centric entities: \u003cem\u003eThe Office for Metropolitan Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e (1975) and \u003cem\u003eDelirious New York\u003c\/em\u003e (1978). It's designed by \u003cstrong\u003eIrma Boom\u003c\/strong\u003e, who drew inspiration for the book's pocket-sized concept, as well as its innovative typography and layout, from her research in the Vatican library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book brings together collaborative research by\u003cstrong\u003e AMO\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eKoolhaas\u003c\/strong\u003e, and students at the \u003cstrong\u003eHarvard Graduate School of Design\u003c\/strong\u003e; the \u003cstrong\u003eCentral Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cstrong\u003eWageningen University in the Netherlands\u003c\/strong\u003e; and the \u003cstrong\u003eUniversity of Nairobi\u003c\/strong\u003e. Contributors also include \u003cstrong\u003eSamir Bantal, Janna Bystrykh, Troy Conrad Therrien, Lenora Ditzler, Clemens Driessen, Alexandra Kharitonova, Keigo Kobayashi, Niklas Maak, Etta Madete, Federico Martelli, Ingo Niermann, Dr. Linda Nkatha Gichuyia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, Kayoko Ota, Stephan Petermann\u003c\/strong\u003e, and\u003cstrong\u003e Anne M. Schneider\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45157224743063,"sku":"9783836583312","price":1666.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836583312.webp?v=1767663407","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/koolhaas-countryside-a-report-9783836583312","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}