Project Toria: Five Living Systems from a Near Future
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Author: Dr Leire Asensio Villoria, Dr David Mah, and Mond Qu
Project Toria considers the future of the state of Victoria, Australia, through the considered study of its everyday systems. From the wind tunnels of Melbourne’s CBD and the engineered wilderness of the Yarra Ranges, to the textile waste accumulating in Ghanaian coastal towns and the scarred open-cut mines of the Latrobe Valley, the book traces the hidden networks and overlooked associations that shape life in one of Australia’s most populous and fastest growing regions.Emerging from three years of intensive studio research at theArchitectural Association Visiting School at the University ofMelbourne (2022–2024), this richly illustrated volume offers anarray of projections for Victoria through data, design, speculativefiction, and firsthand inquiry. It proposes a projective, future-focused practice rooted in the ordinary—one that uncoversoverlooked associations between everyday systems, human andnon-human actors, and the environments we inhabit, in order toimagine how they might be reimagined.Featuring contributions from Leire Asensio Villoria, MiriamBorcherdt, Allison Crank, Lucinda Dryden, Bethany Edgoose,Arnaud Grignard, David S.C. Mah, Lucy Moroney, ChristopherPierce, Mond Qu, Rob Smith, Nicoletta Stecca and Nathan Su.
ISBN 9781922601476. Uro Publications. pb. 120 pages. 25 x 19 cm.
not yet published
Project Toria considers the future of the state of Victoria, Australia, through the considered study of its everyday systems. From the wind tunnels of Melbourne’s CBD and the engineered wilderness of the Yarra Ranges, to the textile waste accumulating in Ghanaian coastal towns and the scarred open-cut mines of the Latrobe Valley, the book traces the hidden networks and overlooked associations that shape life in one of Australia’s most populous and fastest growing regions.Emerging from three years of intensive studio research at theArchitectural Association Visiting School at the University ofMelbourne (2022–2024), this richly illustrated volume offers anarray of projections for Victoria through data, design, speculativefiction, and firsthand inquiry. It proposes a projective, future-focused practice rooted in the ordinary—one that uncoversoverlooked associations between everyday systems, human andnon-human actors, and the environments we inhabit, in order toimagine how they might be reimagined.Featuring contributions from Leire Asensio Villoria, MiriamBorcherdt, Allison Crank, Lucinda Dryden, Bethany Edgoose,Arnaud Grignard, David S.C. Mah, Lucy Moroney, ChristopherPierce, Mond Qu, Rob Smith, Nicoletta Stecca and Nathan Su.
ISBN 9781922601476. Uro Publications. pb. 120 pages. 25 x 19 cm.
not yet published