Non-Standard Architectural Productions: Between Aesthetic Experience and Social Action

ISBN-13: 9780815382607 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 262 str.

Sandra Karina Loschke

Opis

Featuring essays from an international range of authors, this book makes a vital contribution to our understanding of the wider conditions under which, and in relation to which, contemporary architecture is produced.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Architecture is not about Buildings: Perspectives on People-centered Approaches in Architecture Sandra Karina Löschke  Part 1: Experience  2. Architectural Aesthetics: From Tent to Tectonic and Back Again Gernot Böhme  3. Hippie Modernism: Curation and Knowledge Production Greg Castillo  4. Close Encounters: Architecture as Experience Sandra Karina Löschke  Part 2: Encounter  5. Atmospheric Thresholds and the Production of Cross-cultural Spaces Anna-Christina Engels-Schwarzpaul  6. Sculpting with/in time: Casting is the Site Anne Bordeleau  Part 3: Action and Critique  7. Home-Work Displacements Jane Rendell  8. Home Controls: On the Transformative Redesign of Urban Housing Sandra Karina Löschke and Hazel Easthope  9. Pictures of Architects: Documentary Photography, Persona, and the Visual Evidence of Work Life and Professional Identity in Architecture Naomi Stead  10. Feminism, Activism, Public Scholarship Karen Burns and Justine Clark  Part 4: Social Engagement  11. ‘They don’t listen’: The Urban Professions, Education and the Urban Poor Anna Rubbo  12. Whereabouts Catie Newell  13. Between Social Engagement and Neo-Liberalism Sean Weiss  Contributor Biographies  Index

O autorze

Sandra Karina Löschke is Associate Professor and Director of the Architecture Design Research Group at the University of Sydney. She conducts research on architectural design and its relationship to technological, social, and cultural developments. This includes research on the links between architectural design and technologies, reuse, aesthetics, and participatory design. Her work as an architect has been exhibited at Venice Biennale and at exhibitions in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Sydney. She is the editor of Materiality and Architecture (Routledge, 2016).