ABSTRACT
The disjuncture between territorial infrastructure, local cultures, and ecologies is most overtly witnessed in the development of energy pipelines. This chapter examines the typology of the pipeline and its relationship to territorial and local systems for their eventual future productions. Specifically, it focuses on the South American Uruguayana–Porto Alegre Pipeline, unifying a series of separate pipelines developed over the past two decades. Once complete, this ring will redistribute flows of energy, wealth, and people across the territory. Two design-research case studies will unpack how the pipeline can be leveraged to reassert local cultures, economies, ecologies, and values.
