Browsing: Anthropocene

If human-centric design can be a service – rather than a ‘standard’ – what other design approaches are there? Is there a difference between human-centric and human-centered?

The project Down to Earth by Francelle Cane and Marija Mari? was chosen to represent the Luxembourg Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023. The pavilion will be open to visitors between May 20 and November 26, 2023.

Architecture continued with an human-centric approach for a long period of time. The actions for the built environment are carried out by people and for people. The posthuman perspective is a wider understanding of bringing human, non-human; living, non-living; nature, and technology together.

We live in the Anthropocene age. In other words, we are in an age when humanity has become the most important factor that determines the functioning and physical structure of the planet.