Entangling Design Beyond Humanism

Abstract

This thesis proposes a shift in design thinking towards a methodology that is better suited for the uncertain and rapidly changing characteristics of our particular moment in time. It brings concepts from feminist theory and ecological thinking into the design process, particularly in their alignment around a critique of humanist structures and dualisms. This project aims to loosen architecture’s relationship to control and truth, and instead celebrate possibility and the unknown. Fantastic dreamscapes and speculative fiction are used to explore ways to defamiliarize and erode the humanist division of nature and culture, and to discover other possible futures.