Dross City : Urban Metabolism, Paperback / softback Book

Dross City : Urban Metabolism Paperback / softback

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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.

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