Experimental Realism Book

Article ▸ Meet Me Halfway: An Exploration of Architecture Across Realities 

Author/EditorBarton, Gem (Author)

Published by RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Publishing (May 2022) this is part of the “Design Studio” series aimed specifically at students and academics operating within the fields of architecture and its wider territories.

Contributors: Liam Young (Sci-Arc), Dunne & Raby (The New School, NY), Anab Jain (Superflux), Phil Balagtas (Design Futures Initiative), Matt Ward (Goldsmiths University), Kathy Nothstine F9uture Cities, NESTA), N. Koller, T. Greenall, M.Mastrandrea (Royal College of Art), B.Bratton & N.Boyadjiev (Strelka Institute), E.Baraona Pohl & C.Reyes (Future Architecture Platform), Dana Barale Burdman, Anna Pompermaier, Ayesha Silburn, Phoebe Walton.

Special advisors: Radha Mistry (Arup Foresight), Lonny Avi Brooks (California State University), Monika Bielskyte (Protopia Futures), Meike Schalk (KTH School of Architecture), Aarathi Krishnan (United Nations Development Programme), Jason Tester (Queer the Future).

“Speculative design surrounds us at an ever-increasing pace and in ever more impactful ways. As such, it has never been more important to study its ecology and embed its principles into the education system via a responsive and responsible teaching methodology: experimental realism.”

— Gem Barton, author

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