Book Talk: Ground Control: Technical Lands for Departing Earth

Jeffrey S Nesbit is an architect, urbanist, founding director of the research group Grounding Design. His work focuses on processes of urbanization, infrastructure, and the evolution of "technical lands." His experience spanning over a decade includes leading design teams for public architecture and large-scale urban projects, along with leading sponsored design research projects for city governments, local institutions, and NGOs. He is author of several books on infrastructure and urbanization, including Ground Control: A Design History of Technical Lands and NASA’s Space Complex (Routledge, 2024), Technical Lands: A Critical Primer (Jovis, 2023), and Nature of Enclosure (Actar, 2022).  Nesbit is currently assistant professor in history and theory of architecture and urbanism in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University.

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