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Week 1: Foundations
Week 2: Research Methods
Week 3: Thermodynamics
Week 4: Speculative Tech
Week 5: Marseille Prep
Week 6-7: Fieldwork
Week 8: Analysis
Week 9: Integration
Week 10: Synthesis

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Technology Transformations

Incompletions & Future Natures

Beyond Human: Regenerative Futures for Non-Isolated Ecologies

Exploring Marseille's palimpsest of industrial heritage, ecological restoration, and speculative futures through regenerative design paradigms.

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Beyond Human: Rethinking Energy in Architecture

Thermodynamic Thinking

Energy flows in architectural systems

Regenerative Design

Beyond sustainability paradigms

Systems Integration

Multispecies architectural ecologies

Module Schedule

October 2025 - Fieldwork Month

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Week 1: Foundations

Sept 22-26, 2025

  • Module introduction & epistemological frameworks
  • Beyond Human paradigm introduction
  • Systems thinking workshop

Week 2: Research Methods

Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2025

  • Forensic architecture approaches
  • Site documentation protocols
  • Thick mapping methodologies

Week 3: Thermodynamics

Oct 6-10, 2025 During Fieldwork

  • Energy flows in urban systems
  • Marseille port thermodynamics
  • Material entropy studies

Week 4: Speculative Technologies

Oct 13-17, 2025 During Fieldwork

  • Future materials exploration
  • Bio-integrated systems
  • Digital twins & simulations

Conceptual Framework

Ontology Research Field Data Knowledge Graph Design Outcomes Literature Marseille Synthesis Analysis Application

Ontology → Knowledge Graph → Design Workflow

Annotated Bibliography

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100+ curated references organized by category

Theoretical Foundations

Haraway, D.
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene
Duke University Press, 2016
DOI: 10.1515/9780822373780
Meadows, D.
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008
ISBN: 978-1603580557
Capra, F. & Luisi, P. L.
The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision
Cambridge University Press, 2014
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511895555
Bateson, G.
Steps to an Ecology of Mind
University of Chicago Press, 2000
ISBN: 978-0226039053
Morton, T.
Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence
Columbia University Press, 2016
DOI: 10.7312/mort17752

Practical/Technical Applications

Moe, K.
Unless: The Seagram Building Construction Ecology
Actar, 2021
ISBN: 978-1948765565
Pawlyn, M. & Ichioka, S.
Flourish: Design Paradigms for Our Planetary Emergency
RIBA Publishing, 2022
DOI: 10.4324/9781003205425
Reed, B. & Mang, P.
Regenerative Development and Design
Building Research & Information, 2012
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2012.617516
Oxman, N.
Age of Entanglement
Journal of Design and Science, 2016
DOI: 10.21428/7e0583ad
Benyus, J.
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
Harper Perennial, 2002
ISBN: 978-0060533229

Ontology → Knowledge Graph Pipeline

Resources & Links

Marseille Resources
Course Materials
Contact & Support

Module Coordinator:
Maroun C. Tabbal
maroun.tabbal@ucc.ie

Office Hours:
By appointment via Teams

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