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Perspecta 56
Exploring architecture as a form of concealment and obfuscation in engendering new ways of understanding, conceptualizing, and reshaping the world. Architecture is the perfect form of camouflage. As buildings recede into the background of everyday life, the myriad forces that shape our natural, social, and political landscapes hide in plain sight. Embedded within the spatial and material organizations of the built environment are ideas of value, hierarchy, and control that tilt the ground and influence perception in the name of endless competing interests. Operating across multiple scales and mediums, architectural camouflage gives familiar form to obscure objectives. Design transforms and e...
Ibois notebooks
"Trois auteurs inaugurent cette première édition des cahiers de l'Ibois, l'initiative éditoriale semestrielle issue du laboratoire de l'EPFL consacré à la construction innovante en bois: Françoise Fromonot revient sur l'épopée héroïque de Jørn Utzon et de ce qu'il a vainement tenté de réaliser au moment de la construction de l'opéra de Sydney. Stéphane Berthier offre un panorama assez complet de la place de l'Ibois dans la constellation des laboratoires qui mettent au point des techniques de conception et de fabrication assistées par ordinateur. Quant à Yann Rocher, il s'efforce d'établir les nombreux liens constructifs et symboliques entre le matériau utilisé pour construire le Pavillon en bois du Théâtre de Vidy et sa fonction de lieu scénique."--Page 4 de la couverture du volume 1.
The Dead City
The Dead City unearths meanings from such depictions of ruination and decay, looking at representations of both thriving cities and ones which are struggling, abandoned or simply in transition. It reveals that ruination presents a complex opportunity to envision new futures for a city, whether that is by rewriting its past or throwing off old assumptions and proposing radical change. Seen in a certain light, for example, urban ruin and decay are a challenge to capitalist narratives of unbounded progress. They can equally imply that power structures thought to be deeply ingrained are temporary, contingent and even fragile. Examining ruins in Chernobyl, Detroit, London, Manchester and Varosha, this book demonstrates that how we discuss and depict urban decline is intimately connected to the histories, economic forces, power structures and communities of a given city, as well as to conflicting visions for its future.
Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra-Thin
"Soules's excellent book makes sense of the capitalist forces we all feel but cannot always name... Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin arms architects and the general public with an essential understanding of how capitalism makes property. Required reading for those who think tomorrow can be different from today."— Jack Self, coeditor of Real Estates: Life Without Debt In Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin, Matthew Soules issues an indictment of how finance capitalism dramatically alters not only architectural forms but also the very nature of our cities and societies. We rarely consider architecture to be an important factor in contemporary economic and political debates, yet sparse...
Urbanizing the Alps
For plenty years, many popular mountain resorts have seen largely uncontrolled development consisting of the multiplication of archetypal chalet-style houses. This is usually accompanied by roadbuilding for private cars. In order to protect these tourist destinations and their natural environs from further uncontrolled development, the author investigates different settlement structures such as Andermatt, Avoriaz, Verbier, Zermatt,and Whistler-Blackcomb. On the basis of detailed graphical analyses, she develops groundbreaking strategies for urban densification and suitable mobility management, which can also be transferred to other tourist areas.
A Companion to the Gangster Film
A companion to the study of the gangster film’s international appeal spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia A Companion to the Gangster Film presents a comprehensive overview of the newest scholarship on the contemporary gangster film genre as a global phenomenon. While gangster films are one of America’s most popular genres, gangster movies appear in every film industry across the world. With contributions from an international panel of experts, A Companion to the Gangster Film explores the popularity of gangster films across three major continents, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The authors acknowledge the gangster genre’s popularity and examine the reasons supporting its appeal to...
Isabel Ferrand
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La surélévation des bâtiments
Face aux enjeux de lutte contre l’étalement urbain, de rénovation thermique du parc bâti, de mixité sociale, de détente de la pression foncière et de valorisation du patrimoine architectural, la surélévation est perçue comme une solution ayant fait ses preuves à l’échelle du bâti, désormais exploitable à l’échelle de la métropole. Ainsi, cet ouvrage traite successivement : – du potentiel de la surélévation des villes, à travers l’étude de trois métropoles européennes : Paris, Genève et Barcelone ; – de la mise en oeuvre à grande échelle d’une typologie liée à l’existant ; – des types d’approches morphologiques et esthétiques de l’ajout par ra...
