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Dwelling On Earth: The Past And Future Of The Places We Call Home
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A Sweeping History Of HumanityS Most Fundamental CreationThe HomeAnd Its Effects On The Land, Cities, And People Themselves.Americans Spend, On Average, 90 Percent Of Their Lives Indoors, With TwoThirds Of That Time Spent In Their Homes. Globally, The Construction And Maintenance Of Residential Buildings Account For A Staggering Portion Of Carbon Emissions. In This Timely And Fascinating Work, Architect And UrbanPlanning Scholar Stefan Al Deftly Weaves Together Archaeology, Engineering, Social History, And Environmental Science To Explain How Our Homes Have Developed Through The Ages And In Turn Shaped Civilization And The Planet Itself.From Tiny PitHouses In The Levant And Mesoamerica Thousands Of Years Ago To Soaring Skyscrapers In Dubai, New York, And Shanghai Today, Dwelling On Earth Takes Readers On A Swift And Absorbing Tour Of The Evolution Of Human Habitation. Whisking Readers From Ancient Pompeii To Contemporary Hong Kong, IndustrialAge Liverpool To Postwar Levittown, Al Shows How Our Choices In Housing Have Both Reflected And Affected Ideas About Gender Roles, Privacy, And Comfort. Discover How Seemingly Mundane ElementsLike DoorKnockers And CorridorsHave Altered Everyday Interactions, And How Material Choices Have Remade The PlanetS Surface. He Also Confronts The Darker Side Of Domesticity, Exposing The Unintended Consequences Of Our Architectural Choices Across Millennia, Including SmokeFilled Neolithic Dwellings, Deadly Fires In Crowded Roman Apartment Buildings, And Worsening Social Isolation In CarDependent Suburbs. Finally, He Examines The Myths And Reality Of Future Housing, Including 3DPrinted Homes And Space Architecture Built By Robots.Drawing From Personal Experiences Across Global Cities And Professional Insights, Al Illuminates How Our Choices In Housing Continue To Influence Everything From Social Relationships To Climate Change, Ultimately Arguing That Understanding This Rich History Is Crucial For Building A More Sustainable Future. With Billions More People Needing Housing In The Coming Decades, Dwelling On Earth Reveals How We Might Transform HumanityS Defining Challenge Into Our Greatest Opportunity. 24 BlackAndWhite Line Drawings
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