Testify! - the Consequences of Architecture - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9056628232 ISBN 13: 9789056628239

Publisher: NAI Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

A skateboarding school in Kabul; a children's community center in southwest Chicago; project row houses in Houston; an open-air library in Salbke-Magdeburg, Germany; colorful murals in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro: what difference do civic architectural projects like these make to the daily lives of the people who use them? In "Testify! The Consequences of Architecture," editor Lukas Feireiss gathers 30 examples of community-centered architectural projects from all five continents, to demonstrate how architecture can transform the quality of our lives. This is architecture that reveals unexpected possibilities for growing food in urban environments, for creating healthy and sustainable environments, nourishing social networks and establishing real estate value based on new revenue models. Each project is presented with full-color illustrations; texts that concisely analyze the project in terms of context, mission and realization; and an interview with a community member who makes regular use of, or occupies, the relevant building. As sustainability issues intensify the public stake in the built environment, "Testify!" brings good news from the frontlines of contemporary architectural practice. Among the firms contributing are 2A+P/A (Italy), Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (France), DHK Architects (South Africa), Architektur + Netzwerk (Germany), Arup Foresight (USA/UK), Cinema Jenin (Palestine), Alejandro Echeverri Arquitectos (Colombia), Haas & Hahn (Netherlands), Li Xiaodong Atelier (China), AT103 (Mexico), DAAR (Palestine), Ecologicstudio (UK), IAN+ (Italy), Studio Gang (USA), Project Row Houses (USA) and Senseable City Laboratory (USA).

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Review:

As the number of useful volumes dedicated to humanitarian architecture increase, this attractive collection of 30 worldwide success stories deserves to hold a place of special merit.
Even the seemingly simplistic act of painting geometric murals on hillside slums of Rio de Janeiro leaps from these pages as a moving testimony to how the smallest of design interventions in impoverished cities reaps immediate rewards in terms of quality of life. An edifying and rousing upbeat read.--Norman Weinstein "ArchNewsNow.com "

From the Back Cover:

Hoe kan architectuur bijdragen aan een duurzame samenleving? Testify! The Consequences of Architecture toont de meest inspirerende projecten van internationale architecten uit de hele wereld die de uitdaging zijn aangegaan. Bewoners, gebruikers en omwonenden van duurzame gebouwen en projecten in de openbare ruimte komen aan het woord. Ze vertellen of de bedoeling van de architect ook werkelijk is geslaagd. Welk verschil maken een skate-school in Kabul, een bioscoop in Jenin, wandschilderingen in de favela's van Rio de Janeiro, een tuin in Parijs en een museum in Japan in het dagelijks leven van de mensen die er gebruik van maken? Samensteller Lukas Feireiss laat met ongeveer dertig internationale voorbeelden uit alle vijf continenten letterlijk het bewijs zien hoe architectuur de leefomgeving kan veranderen. De grote sociale en politiek-maatschappelijke thema's van vandaag vragen om nieuwe oplossingen. Met meer dan 200 pagina's, toont Testify! The Consequences of Architecture een nieuwe aanpak van architectuur, stedenbouw en andere creatieve stedelijke praktijken aan het begin van de 21e eeuw.

About this edition

• Publisher: NAI Publishers
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9056628232
• ISBN 13: 9789056628239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242
• Editor: Feireiss Lukas