August 6, 2026

Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture

Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture
Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture
Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture
Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture
Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture
Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture

🌍✨ Has Architecture Ever Been Entirely Human? Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley on the Microbial Nature of Architecture

Why we’re watching: Architecture has long been understood as a discipline created by humans and for humans.

But in We the Bacteria: Notes Toward Biotic Architecture, Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley challenge that assumption, arguing that "microbes invented architecture." From this premise unfolds an alternative history of architecture that shifts the focus away … 💚

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