Sumita Singha

Architecture for Rapid Change and Scarce Resources (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores what it means for development activists to practise architecture on a global scale, and provides a blueprint for developing architectural practices based on reciprocal working methods. The content is based on real situations - through extended field research and contacts with architecture schools and architects, as well as participating NGOs. It demonstrates that the ability to produce appropriate and sustainable design is increasingly relevant, whether in the field of disaster relief, longer-term development or wider urban contexts, both in rich countries and poor countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136483820
• Artikelnr.: 38269684

Autorenporträt

Sumita Sinha is a practising architect and teacher, who has worked in India, Serbia, France, Spain, Venezuela and the UK. Sumita is the founder of Architects For Change, the Equality Forum at the Royal Institute of British Architects. Sumita is the recipient of many awards including the UIA:UNESCO International Design Award and the Atkins Inspire Award 2008.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Nick Baker. Preface Part 1 1. Introduction: Architecture of
Rapid Change and Scarce Resources 2. Big Games and Small Money 3. Gypsies,
Tramps and Thieves: The Story of Cities and Slums Part 2 4. Materials and
Technology 5. Learning from Tradition: Sustainable Cities 6. Participatory
Design for Scarce Sources and Rapid Change Part 3 7. Culture, Ethics and
other Traveling Discomforts 8. Observing and Recording the 'Soft' City
Tools and (Cautionary) Tales 9. The Development Activist and New Ways of
Working. Appendix. Further Contacts and References.