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Urban infrastructure has historically operated as a primary engine of economic growth, facilitating rapid urban expansion while systematically externalizing ecological costs. This paper advances the concept of the Green and Blue Shift, a paradigm-level reorientation of infrastructural logics that positions ecological processes not as peripheral or ornamental, but as the foundational substrate of urban life. Rather than relegating nature to an aesthetic supplement, the Green and Blue Shift reconceptualizes infrastructure as a dynamic, living ecological system in which green (vegetated) and blue (water-based) networks constitute the structural and metabolic basis of urban environments. Drawing upon urban ecology, landscape urbanism, and theories of urban metabolism, the paper introduces the notion of Supernature as a theoretical lens through which cities may be understood as hybrid socio-ecological systems. This framing challenges the entrenched dichotomy between the built and the natural, arguing instead for their co-constitutive integration. Through historical analysis, conceptual synthesis, and engagement with applied research evidence, the paper contends that contemporary ecological crises—climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion—demand a fundamental transformation of infrastructural paradigms. This transition must shift from linear, extractive systems premised on throughput and accumulation, toward regenerative, networked frameworks that prioritize resilience, reciprocity, and ecological continuity. In doing so, the paper contributes a conceptual foundation for ecological urbanism, situating it within broader debates on sustainability and post-anthropocentric design while critically interrogating the normative assumptions that have historically underpinned infrastructural development. Furthermore, the study explicitly positions itself as a bridge between theoretical critique and design-oriented application. While acknowledging the limitations of a literature-based conceptual study, it establishes a theoretical basis and proposes concrete directions for future empirical, methodological, and practice-oriented research. Ultimately, by foregrounding ecological processes as infrastructural logics, the Green and Blue Shift reframes urbanization itself as an ecological project, thereby opening new pathways for reimagining the relationship between cities, nature, and planetary systems.

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Abstract
1. INTRODUCTION
2. INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LEGACY OF INDUSTRIAL URBANISM
3. SUPERNATURE: CITIES AS HYBRID ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
3.1 DISTINGUISHING SUPERNATURE FROM ADJACENT FRAMEWORKS
4. THE GREEN AND BLUE SHIFT AS INFRASTRUCTURE PARADIGM
4.1 FROM GRID TO CELL: A METABOLIC RE-ROUTING
4.2 DESIGN/OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION
5. THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR URBANISM
5.1 REFORMULATING ECOLOGICAL SUBSTRATE AND REGENERATIVE URBANISM
5.2 METHODOLOGICAL GROUNDING AS A GENERALIZABLE HYPOTHESIS
6. ETHICAL AND EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
7. CONCLUSION
7.1 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
7.2 DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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저자

• Taehyun Jeon [ Adjunct Professor, Department of Architectural Design, Hanyang University ERICA ]

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• 간행물명

  대한건축학회연합논문집 [Journal of the Regional Association of Architectural Institute of Korea]

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  1229-5752

• 수록기간

  1999~2026

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  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 540 DDC 690