Along with studying Nigeria's environmental, geographical conditions, the book discusses raw earth architecture in both vernacular and contemporary contexts. The possibilities of these methods of adapting to the contemporary language of architecture without losing the technical and physical benefits inherent in them are illustrated.
Along with studying Nigeria's environmental, geographical conditions, the book discusses raw earth architecture in both vernacular and contemporary contexts. The possibilities of these methods of adapting to the contemporary language of architecture without losing the technical and physical benefits inherent in them are illustrated.
Alisia Tognon is an architect and Postdoc Researcher at Politecnico di Milano (Dastu), where she also holds her doctorate in Architectural and Urban Design (2016). Her research activity focuses on investigate the concept of memory and identity, related with vernacular architecture (case studies: Europe, Africa and India). The research is oriented to understand the role of modification and transformation processes and the strong importance of intangible cultural heritage in the contemporary age. She deepened her research as visiting Ph.D. at University of California - Berkeley (USA, 2013) and Oxford Brookes University (UK, 2014). In 2019 she won a Research and Teaching Fellowship at Cept University (Ahmedabad, India), working on regeneration and valorisation of Indian architectural heritage and historical urban landscape. Currently she is Adjunct Professor at Politecnico di Milano (Dastu), where from 2009 she is working in collaboration with, partaking in contract work, national research projects (PRIN, FARB), workshops and international conferences. Luca Trabattoni is an architect and an Associate Professor at University of Technology of Opole (PL) at Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, and an Adjunct Professor of Architectural Composition 2 at Politecnico di Milano (Dastu) and University of Pavia, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. He holds his PhD in Architectural Composition at University of Pavia (DICAr), where he is currently collaborating at AML Laboratory (Architecture Maker Lab-DICAr) on the research "Mobile homes for sustainable tourism" concerning outdoor accommodation for sustainable tourism by collaborating with the main companies in the sector and the national federation FAITA FederCamping. He is a freelancer and co-founder of ARCò, architecture and cooperation with which he studies the approach to emergency architecture in relation to the theme of sustainability, designing and building around the world. ARCò's work has been published in several international journals and has received numerous awards.
Inhaltsangabe
The necessary Niger 1. The Niger territory: land between an ethnic crossroads and the dynamism of the desert 2. The conceptual apparatus of tradition 3. A contemporary vision of raw earth architecture 4. Updating vernacular architecture 5. To the future for fragile but strong territories Bibliography
The necessary Niger 1. The Niger territory: land between an ethnic crossroads and the dynamism of the desert 2. The conceptual apparatus of tradition 3. A contemporary vision of raw earth architecture 4. Updating vernacular architecture 5. To the future for fragile but strong territories Bibliography
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