Lars Müller Publishers
The Delos Symposia (1963-75) were a groundbreaking series of events created by architect–planner Constantinos A. Doxiadis, dedicated to re-thinking and re-shaping the built environment to handle global demographic growth, environmental threats, and infrastructure demands. The Symposia took place yearly aboard a ship in the Aegean Sea and concluded at the ancient island-city of Delos, where influential figures – including Buckminster Fuller, Margaret Mead, Arnold Toynbee, Barbara Ward, and Doxiadis’ key collaborator Jaqueline Tyrwhitt – would convene in the theatre to deliberate on world issues. This book offers the first comprehensive appraisal of the history and legacy of these meetings. It explores their ideals, how they fed into Doxiadis’s urban planning projects, as well as their relevance for contemporary debates on ecology and design. Staying true to the multidisciplinary nature of the Symposia, the book bridges archaeology, classics, architecture, sociology, geography, psychology, anthropology, as well as postcolonial and environmental studies.
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