THE UNDERDOME GUIDE TO ENERGY REFORM

Faculty Research  
Date: 2016  
Author: Janette Kim

The Underdome Guide to Energy Reform is the first book to map the political implications of energy management in architecture. It re-envisions collective priorities in the face of climate change, at scales ranging from the microelectronic to macroregional. Organized into sections covering power, territory, lifestyle, and risk, Underdome catalogs conflicts and affiliations among energy agendas to inform public action and function as a "voter guide." Original illustrations reconsider architecture's symbolic and infrastructural connections to energy politics. Essays by urban designer Georgeen Theodore and architectural historians Reinhold Martin, Jonathan Massey, and Michael Osman explore new histories and forms of practice. Transcripts from the Underdome Sessions held at Columbia University Studio-X NYC — which brought together panels of experts in design, policy, economics, and history to attack the climate crisis from multiple angles— create a larger dialogue. Underdome is a call to action, urging citizens and designers to questions how political ecology can reshape architectural objects and objectives.

Janette Kim and Erik Carver, authors, The Underdome Guide to Energy Reform, Princeton Architectural Press 2015. Research/Design Assistants: Momo Araki, Skylar Bisom-Rapp, Gabriel Burkett, Kyle Hovenkotter, Min Kim, Standish Lee, Jake Matatyaou, Simon McGown, Leah Meisterlin, Talene Montgomery, Katie Okamoto, Michael Schissel, Parker Seybold, George Valdes, and Benjamin Weinryb-Groshgal.