NESS.docs 2 (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Lots of Architecture LLC, 2020
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Paperback. Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas is the second issue of NESS.docs, focused on the concepts and terminology coined by Charles Waldheim and the OFU from Harvard GSD on the potentials for landscape as a medium of urban intervention in the specific social, cultural, economic, and ecological contexts of Latin America cities. Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas features more than twenty projects developed by Latin American practices, who also reflected on their work and its ecological and territorial implications. Ness.docs gathers original texts from Latin America Practices as well as essays on different urban specialists point of view.The second issue of our monographic series reflects on the project of Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas, lead by Charles Waldheim and the Office for Urbanization at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Curated together with Mercedes Peralta and Jeannette Sordi, NESS.docs 2 explores the potentials for landscape as a medium for urban intervention in the specific contexts of Latin-American cities.More than twenty Latin American practices are shown and grouped in five different themes: Biological Environments, Resilient Grounds, Performative Systems, Revealed Protocols, and Assembled Natures. Finally, a conversation between Charles Waldheim, Florencia Rodriguez, and Luis Callejas deepens the discussion of our academic curricula, drawing as representation, political spaces, and the general sensitivity around landscape.With Contributions of:Ana Elvira Velez Villa & Lorenzo Castro Jaramillo / Ana Maria Duran Calisto / Beals Lyon Arquitectos / Bulla / Camilo Restrepo / CAPA / Ciro Najle / Enlace Arquitectura / Fabrica de Paisaje / Francisco Walker Martinez / FUPAM / LUME, H+F Arquitetos / Metropole Arquitetos & UNA Arquitetos / Gaeta Springall Arquitectos / Groundlab, LyonBosch+Martic, Idom & Sergio Chiquetto / Guillermo Hevia Garcia & Nicolas Urzua / Husos / Inaki Echeverria Gutierrez / Jeannette Sordi / Jose Alfredo Ramirez / Juan David Hoyos & Sebastian Monsalve / LCLA O ce / Luis Callejas / Manuel Gausa / Mercedes Peralta / Metro Arquitetos Associados / Opera Publica / Plan Comun / Plan:B Arquitectos & JPRCR Arquitectos / RDR Arquitectos / Sergio Bernardes / Tatiana Bilbao Estudio / Teresa Moller Landscape Studio Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- NESS.docs 2 (Paperback)
- Author
- Mercedes Peralta
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- Lots of Architecture LLC
- Publication year
- 2020
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- Paperback
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- English
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- 1732010633
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- 9781732010635
The second issue of our monographic series reflects on the project of Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas, lead by Charles Waldheim and the Office for Urbanization at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Curated together with Mercedes Peralta and Jeannette Sordi, NESS.docs 2 explores the potentials for landscape as a medium for urban intervention in the specific contexts of Latin-American cities.
More than twenty Latin American practices are shown and grouped in five different themes: Biological Environments, Resilient Grounds, Performative Systems, Revealed Protocols, and Assembled Natures. Finally, a conversation between Charles Waldheim, Florencia Rodriguez, and Luis Callejas deepens the discussion of our academic curricula, drawing as representation, political spaces, and the general sensitivity around landscape.
With Contributions of: Ana Elvira Vélez Villa & Lorenzo Castro Jaramillo / Ana María Durán Calisto / Beals Lyon Arquitectos / Bulla / Camilo Restrepo / CAPA / Ciro Najle / Enlace Arquitectura / Fábrica de Paisaje / Francisco Walker Martínez / FUPAM / LUME, H+F Arquitetos / Metrópole Arquitetos & UNA Arquitetos / Gaeta Springall Arquitectos / Groundlab, LyonBosch+Martic, Idom & Sergio Chiquetto / Guillermo Hevia García & Nicolás Urzúa / Husos / Iñaki Echeverría Gutiérrez / Jeannette Sordi / José Alfredo Ramírez / Juan David Hoyos & Sebastián Monsalve / LCLA O ce / Luis Callejas / Manuel Gausa / Mercedes Peralta / Metro Arquitetos Associados / Opera Publica / Plan Común / Plan:B Arquitectos & JPRCR Arquitectos / RDR Arquitectos / Sérgio Bernardes / Tatiana Bilbao Estudio / Teresa Moller Landscape Studio
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About the Author
Jeannette Sordi is an architect and urban planner based in New York City. Until 2018 she was Associate Professor of Landscape and Urbanism at Adolfo Ibañez University in Santiago de Chile. Her PhD (UNIGE, 2013) focused on the genealogy of landscape urbanismand was published as “Beyond Urbanism” (List, 2014; Sacabana, 2017, Spanish edition). She is part of the Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas initiative since its beginnings in 2015 and co-organized conferences in Medellín, Santiago, Brasilia, Mexico, and Buenos Aires. Her main publications include the books “Andrea Branzi. From Radical Design to Post-Environmentalism” (ARQ, 2015, with Felipe Vera), “The Camp and the City. Territories of Extraction” (List, 2017, with Felipe Vera and Luis Valenzuela), and “Part-time Cities” (ARQ, 2018). She currently teaches at NYIT and is a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank on projects in Uruguay and Argentina.
Charles Waldheim is a North American architect, urbanist, and educator. His research and practice examine the relations betweenlandscape, ecology, and contemporary urbanism. He coined the term “landscape urbanism” to describe the emergent discourse andpractices of landscape in relation to design culture and contemporary urbanization. On these topics, Waldheim is author of “Landscapeas Urbanism: A General Theory” and editor of “The Landscape Urbanism Reader.” Waldheim is John E. Irving Professor of LandscapeArchitecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he directs the School’s Office for Urbanization.
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