Way Beyond Bigness<\/i><\/b> is a design-research project that studies the Mekong, Mississippi and Rhine river basins, with particular focus on multi-scaled, water-based infrastructural transformation. The book proposes a simple, adaptive framework that utilises a three-part, integrative design-research methodology, structured as: Appreciate + Analyze, Speculate + Synthesize, and Collaborate + Catalyze. To do such, Way Beyond Bigness<\/i><\/b> realigns watersheds and architecture across multiple: scales (site to river basin), disciplines (ecologists to economists), narratives (hyperbolic to pragmatic), and venues (academic to professional). The research critiques and recasts Oxford Dictionary’s two very different definitions for a ‘watershed’: 1) “An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas” and 2) “An event or period marking a turning point in a situation in a course of action or state of affairs” and its two very different definitions for ‘architecture’: 1) “The art or practice of designing and constructing buildings” and 2) “the complex or carefully designed structure of something.” The book highlights the author’s comprehensive work of over more than a decade, including in depth field research across the Mekong, Mississippi and Rhine, along with a diverse body of academic and professional collaborations, ranging from the speculative to the community-based.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First comprehensive analysis of water-based infrastructural challenges across the Mekong, Mississippi and Rhine river basins.
Foreword (Margarita Jover) \/ 8
\nAcknowledgements \/ 12
\nIntroduction Bigness, Katrina, Conflict, Hybridity & Audience \/ 18
\nBackstory “from Times Beach…” \/ 32
\nDefinintions Watershed, Architecture & Way Beyond Bigness \/ 44
\nAppreciate + Analyze [A+A] \/ 53
\nDescription (Anthony Acciavatti) \/ 55
\nWhy the Mississippi, Mekong, & Rhine? \/ 62
\nWho Manages the River Basins? \/ 66
\nMississippi, Mekong, and Rhine River Basin Atlas \/ 84
\n(with Jess Vanecek, Paul Wu, Chenyu Zhang)
\nMississippi River Basin & the World \/ 86
\nMissouri River Basin \/ 96
\nErasure (Kees Lokman) \/ 121
\nScar (Meghan Kirkwood) \/ 132
\nUpper Mississippi, Ohio, & Tennessee River Basins \/ 144
\nReconnection (Chuck Theiling) \/ 169
\nDepth (Jesse Vogler) \/ 183
\nBetween (Jennifer Colten) \/ 196
\nAbove (with Jess Vanecek) \/ 199
\nLower Mississippi & Arkansas-White-Red River Basins \/ 202
\nSplitting (Forbes Lipschitz & Justine Holzman) \/ 227
\nShifting (Alex Kolker) \/ 239
\nMekong River Basin & the World \/ 250
\nDevelopment (Dorothy Tang) \/ 260
\nBalance (Palakorn Chanbanyong & Simon Krohn) \/ 344
\nAdapt (Shelby Elizabeth Doyle) \/ 355
\nMonitor (Duong Van Ni) \/ 366
\nRhine River Basin & the World \/ 378
\nTransform (Han Meyer) \/ 388
\nRevive (Robbert de Koning & Dale Morris) \/ 451
\nSpeculate + Synthesize [S+S] \/469
\nContext (Ian Caine) \/ 471
\nfrom the Big Six to the Birds Foot \/ 487
\n(with Jonathan Stitelman, Allison Méndez, L. Irene Compadre & Chad Fisk)
\nfrom the Third Pole to the Nine Dragons \/ 500
\n(with Jess Vanecek & Rob Birch)
\nfrom the Rheinquelle to the Leo Hollandicus \/ 518
\n(with Jess Vanecek, Paul Wu, & Han Meyer)
\nCollaborate + Catalyze [C+C] \/ 525
\nAdvocacy (Neeraj Bhatia) \/ 527
\nPublic Lab River Rat Pack \/ 539
\n(with Washington University in St. Louis)
\nFlood—Fight—Fail \/ 552
\nTerritories—Watersheds—Infrastructures \/ 557
\n(with Washington University in St. Louis)
\nTracing Our Mississippi \/ 584
\n(with Washington University in St. Louis)
\nAfterword “…to Quarantine Island” (“Big Muddy” Mike Clark) \/ 589<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15483,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15460","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-derek-hoeferlin","8":"publisher-oro-editions","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n