Text by Yujia Bian, Regina Bittner, Daniella Camarena, Sarah Kantrowitz, Andrea Paláti, Nicolás Penna, Julieta Pestarino, Patricia Roig Canepa.
Iconic in design yet inadequate in purpose, the London Zoo's Penguin Pool comes under the microscope in this focused study on non-human architecture
In the summer of 1934, the London Zoo opened its new Penguin Pool, designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup. This collection of research critically reflects on the geographical imaginaries, design discourses and material entanglements of this multi-species environment.
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Not a Penguin Pool Echoes of More-Than-Human Entanglements
Published by Spector Books. Text by Yujia Bian, Regina Bittner, Daniella Camarena, Sarah Kantrowitz, Andrea Paláti, Nicolás Penna, Julieta Pestarino, Patricia Roig Canepa.
Iconic in design yet inadequate in purpose, the London Zoo's Penguin Pool comes under the microscope in this focused study on non-human architecture
In the summer of 1934, the London Zoo opened its new Penguin Pool, designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Ove Arup. This collection of research critically reflects on the geographical imaginaries, design discourses and material entanglements of this multi-species environment.
