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Moi et LeC: Breathing Walls in the Architectural Performance of a City’s Metabolism

The article presents a discussion on cities’ metabolisms and bioregions, specifically their habitable and edible landscapes for cross-species co-living. Paper poses the question with respect to the relatively simple and small-scale architectural elements of breathing walls, envelopes, and screens. Nonetheless, it appears that such elements as breathing walls, envelopes and screens are hyperobjective and multiscalar, playing a critical role in urban metabolisms, their ecosystems, edible and habitable landscapes for multiple species, including humans.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/archandurb.2020.54.3-4.9

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