African Fabbers atlas : manual of synthetic vernacular architecture / Paolo Cascone ; edited by Paolo Cascone and Maddalena Laddaga.

Main entry:

Cascone, Paolo, author, editor.

Title & Author:

African Fabbers atlas : manual of synthetic vernacular architecture / Paolo Cascone ; edited by Paolo Cascone and Maddalena Laddaga.

Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2024.

Description:

215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Towards synthetic vernacular architecture -- Conversations -- African Fabbers taxonomies -- The Douala cultural platform -- African off-grid housing

Summary:

Based on almost ten years of applied research of Paolo Cascone and his CODESIGNLAB practice in Africa, the book investigates the potential role of indigenous and spontaneous architecture in the contemporary debate on sustainability in architectural design. How to respond to climatic changes reconciling nature with tekné? What is the social role of technology? How architects would reconsider their practices supporting community-oriented projects? These questions are discussed through a number of paradigmatic projects and conversations between the author and a panel of experts from different backgrounds in order to shape an interdisciplinary approach that bridges different knowledges. The theoretical assumption for this investigation is based on the observation of cause-effect relations, between different urban and architectural configurations and their performances: social, environmental, structural etc. in both pre-colonial and informal cultures around Africa.

ISBN:

9781948765626 (paperback)
1948765624 (paperback)

Subject:

Vernacular architecture Africa.
Sustainable architecture Africa.
Architectural design Africa.
Architecture vernaculaire Afrique.
Architecture durable Afrique.
Design architectural Afrique.

Added entries:

Laddaga, Maddalena, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 325659
Call No.: 325659
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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