Many Voices: Architecture for Social Equity

ISBN-13: 9781914124327 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 176 str.

Everardo Jefferson

Opis

Do you know how to create beautiful buildings that truly promote social change? Architects need to understand how to design for social equity, but too often this is presented as a choice between work that does good and work that looks good.

Spis treści

Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction Part One - Social Equity Chapter 1. Social Equity Chapter 2. Cast Your Net Part Two. Space for Beauty Chapter 3. Narratives and Counter-Narratives Chapter 4. Tectonic Ethics Chapter 5. Between Indoors and Out Chapter 6. Elements of Delight Chapter 7. Gesamtkunstwerk Conclusion. All Architecture is Social Further Reading Index

O autorze

Sara Caples and Everardo Jefferson are Principals and co-founders of Caples Jefferson Architects. Caples Jefferson’s social equity work has gained national recognition in the US and has been published internationally for its exceptional design qualities. Among its most notable projects are Heritage Health & Housing social services agency, located in a former garage in Harlem; Queens Theatre-in-the-Park, expanding a World’s Fair building into a public theatre; and Weeksville, a new visitor’s building and campus built around a rediscovered freedmen’s preservation site. Everardo and Sara frequently teach as guest educators in schools of architecture, most recently as Davenport Professors at Yale University. Sara is currently Fellow for Innovation in Engagement at Pratt Institute.