The article “Metabolic Rift, Gift, and Shift” by Kiel Moe, published in e-flux, addresses the ecological disconnection in contemporary architecture. Moe critiques how the discipline has treated buildings as isolated objects, ignoring the complex networks of matter, energy, and information that sustain them—a consequence of the historically theorized metabolic rift that disconnects architectural practice from planetary ecological and social processes. Proposing a paradigm shift, Moe suggests that architecture must recognize and engage with these interdependencies in order to promote more just and sustainable outcomes in design and construction.
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https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/accumulation/345105/metabolic-rift-gift-and-shift/