Dross City

Urban Metabolism, Resilience and Drosscapes Recycling Project

By: Carlo Gasparrini, Anna Terraciano

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Paperback | 22 February 2017

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334 Pages

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Dross is waste: solid impurities that form on the surface of the smelting pot. While most is thrown away, some is reusable or recyclable. Hence 'DrossScape', a term conceived by land economist Alan Berger. Working off Berger's theories, this book explores the concept of waste-culture, where entire cities are built atop of mountains of their own refuse. Photographs depict wastelands as places removed from the urban sprawl, as well as islands within it - hidden away or in plain sight. But in all cases, these dilapidated landscapes have latent potential.

Dross City works towards a new urban metabolism. It includes projects and research that interrogate the current and future city, its geographical structure, infrastructures, and forms of settlements. It looks at recycling strategies and multi-scalar design approaches, with the intention of encouraging interest in the DrossScape.

Book Features:

An in-depth, illustrated exploration of one of humanity's greatest challenges: its rubbish

400 colour images

About the Author

Carlo Gasparrini, architect and urbanist, is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Naples.

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