The Cannibal's Cookbook
Mining Myths of Cyclopean Constructions
- The book is a helpful guide for architects and students alike with an affinity for art and history
- The Cannibal’s Cookbook re-imagines our approach to demolition debris by mining knowledge from ancient cyclopean masonry techniques, a refreshing take for modern architecture
- The Cannibal’s Cookbook embraces the myths of primordial rock-chewing masons to offer a path forward for the contemporary building industry
The Cannibal’s Cookbook fiercely consumes the body of past cyclopean constructions. It assembles, re-packages, and offers this latent knowledge for your contemporary consumption. It is a manual for the hungry, for those who are not satiated by the careless building practices of the present. With one foot in the past and another in the present, the cookbook bridges the realities of our ancestors and ourselves. We propose a series of architectural “recipes” after dining on this body of past expertise. The recipes are deciphered from ancient cyclopean masonry systems, but with a contemporary twist. They cannibalise leftover debris – building rubble that typically stuffs our landfills – to construct new buildings.
- Publisher
- ORO Editions
- ISBN
- 9781951541439
- Published
- 17th Mar 2021
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Territory
- World excluding USA, Canada, Australasia & Asia (except Japan; China non-exclusive)
- Size
- 184 mm x 130 mm
- Pages
- 192 Pages
- Illustrations
- 150 color
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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