Becoming: Architectures for a Planet in Transition work Pays de la Vienne

Pays de la Vienne

an iced coffee shop in Tokyo

This remains the most accessible and highly illustrated introduction to perhaps the most significant design movement of the last hundred years

Eric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier continue their long-term project started in 2017: the global documentation of the 450 natural regions—or “countries”—that make up the French territory

and more-than-human production and interplay of hormonally active molecules

Becoming: Architectures for a Planet in Transition work Pays de la VienneBecoming: Architectures for a Planet in Transition is published in conjunction with the 2026 UIA World Congress of Architects in Barcelona. The book explores spatial practices that foster processes of appropriation and transformation of the inhabited environmentboth human and nonhuman, individual and collectiveand investigates the potential use of time as a design tool. Through a series of interviews with critical antagonists, research by design