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Intensification
Editors Nick Axel, Nikolaus Hirsch, John Palmesino, Ann-Sofi Rönnskog
Contributors  , John Tresch, Michaela Büsse, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Laura Tripaldi, Soundwalk Collective, Patti Smith

How heavy is a city? The complexity of formulating a response to this simple question ponits to a wide set of transformations that have taken place to what we used to call the city, as well as its backdrop: intensification, construction, destruction, erosion, emission, accumulations, duration, acidification, half-lives, extinction, fossilization… It begins to reveal a new figure in the making with a magnitude of planetary proportions.

Intensification is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale within the context of its seventh edition, “How heavy is a city?,” curated by John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog (Territorial Agency).

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Soft Future
Laura Tripaldi
Throughout history, our understandings of technology have acted as a blueprint for conceptualizing the human and the living. This dynamism carries profound implications for how we relate to each other and to the larger world around us.
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Anthropocene Territories
Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams
“Territories” is a universally understandable term, relatable to both humans and non-humans; it can be understood by those without a technical background, and yet it is relatable to a range of technical and academic concepts.
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Granular Power: The Gritty Politics of Sand
Michaela Büsse
As the bedrock of urban infrastructures, sand is embedded in the very fabric of modern life. Yet, its ubiquity belies its complexity.
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The Weight of a Living Thought: City as Cosmogram
John Tresch
The question “how heavy is a city?” at first seems to request an answer in standard units: an estimate of vast piles of construction materials. A moment’s thought, however, makes it a puzzle for Atlas and Archimedes.
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Editorial
John Palmesino, Ann-Sofi Rönnskog, and e-flux Architecture
Intensification is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa within the context of its seventh edition, “How heavy is a city?,” curated by John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog (Territorial Agency).
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Technology
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Architecture, Climate change, Anthropocene, Science, Cybernetics

Intensification is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale within the context of its seventh edition, “How heavy is a city?,” curated by John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog (Territorial Agency).

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