{"product_id":"after-concrete","title":"After Concrete","description":"\u003cp\u003eConcrete is a highly transformative building material. Its story begins in the ancient world, where early builders discovered that mixing lime with volcanic ash created a remarkably strong substance. The invention of Portland cement in the 19th century, and concrete’s systematic reinforcement with steel in the 20th, further revolutionized modern construction. While concrete remains a hard-to-replace material, the huge carbon footprint and environmental impact of its production have become the focus of much recent research and concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume looks at the future of concrete from different perspectives, investigating how its sustainability will draw from innovative research and from past solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew concrete types and their effect on climate change, innovations in design and conservation, carbon-neutral formulations, earth-based \"concrete\" mixtures – learning from these will only be possible through a total rethinking of the relationship between carbon and the materiality of the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"search-metadata\"\u003eRethinking the Dynamics of a Material Lucia Allais, Michael Faciejew, Forrest Meggers 978-3-0356-2841-8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54046137811272,"sku":"9783035628418","price":74.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0255\/9816\/files\/978-3-0356-2841-8.jpg?v=1789219517","url":"https:\/\/www.hochparterre-buecher.ch\/products\/after-concrete","provider":"Hochparterre Bücher","version":"1.0","type":"link"}