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A radical new perspective on cities and urbanism Slums, informal settlements, and other unplanned habitats are seen as the antithesis of the metropolis. Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, founders of the design practice ''urbz'', explore how such neighbourhoods and their inhabitants have been unfairly dismissed when they should in fact be under-stood as partners in(...)
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Home grown city: Reclaiming the metropolis for its users
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A radical new perspective on cities and urbanism Slums, informal settlements, and other unplanned habitats are seen as the antithesis of the metropolis. Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, founders of the design practice ''urbz'', explore how such neighbourhoods and their inhabitants have been unfairly dismissed when they should in fact be under-stood as partners in the story of cities and urban development.
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In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: stories about memory and desire, art and creation, life and death. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor(...)
Invisible cities, 50th Anniversary edition
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In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo—Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: stories about memory and desire, art and creation, life and death. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor realizes these fantastic places are more familiar than they appear. With a new introduction from Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr, and dreamlike illustrations of the cities interspersed throughout, this edition breathes new life into Calvino’s classic, a celebration of the story’s profound invention and enduring insight.
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The Book of Disquiet
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A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in(...)
The Book of Disquiet
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A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in Portugal in 1982.
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Réalisé sur le modèle des comptines d'enfants, ce recueil de 242 citations de l'écrivain portugais aborde les thèmes appréciés par celui-ci : Dieu, la théosophie, les mythes, l'amour, le manque d'argent...
Fragments d'un voyage immobile ; Un inconnu de lui même
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Réalisé sur le modèle des comptines d'enfants, ce recueil de 242 citations de l'écrivain portugais aborde les thèmes appréciés par celui-ci : Dieu, la théosophie, les mythes, l'amour, le manque d'argent...
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Pessoa avait conçu le projet d'un ensemble de guides sur le Portugal, dont seul ce guide fut écrit. Rédigé autour de 1925 à l'intention des touristes, le poète y invite le lecteur à se rapprocher de ce Portugal méconnu et oublié. Un inédit découvert et publié à Lisbonne en 1992.
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Pessoa avait conçu le projet d'un ensemble de guides sur le Portugal, dont seul ce guide fut écrit. Rédigé autour de 1925 à l'intention des touristes, le poète y invite le lecteur à se rapprocher de ce Portugal méconnu et oublié. Un inédit découvert et publié à Lisbonne en 1992.
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his is a book about socio-spatial dynamics, the intertwinement of design and politics, and the agency of the architect(s) in rethinking collectivity and collective practices in architecture. In response to the commodification of housing and the ongoing global housing crisis, the publication addresses access to adequate housing as a fundamental human right. It looks at(...)
March 2025
Housing, Micropolitics, and Pedagogies: Designing and Practicing Collectivity
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his is a book about socio-spatial dynamics, the intertwinement of design and politics, and the agency of the architect(s) in rethinking collectivity and collective practices in architecture. In response to the commodification of housing and the ongoing global housing crisis, the publication addresses access to adequate housing as a fundamental human right. It looks at historical and contemporary socially-oriented housing precedents in Norway and Europe to imagine twenty-first- century not-for-profit housing alternatives in Oslo for marginalized populations and diversified family configurations. Beyond formalism, it also argues that innovative architectural solutions in a perspective of systemic societal change need to come from design processes rooted in community, cooperation, and equity. In a later section, the book expands on how radical, emancipatory pedagogies in architecture can facilitate critical thinking and action. The different visions of collectivity put forth here urge spatial practitioners, activists, and students to deeply engage with social justice by means of design and education. With contributions by Paul-Antoine Lucas, Bui Quy Son, Céline Zimmer, Patricia Lucena Ventura, Nagy Makhlouf, Aurélie M. Nzuzi De Mol, Rosaura Noemy Hernandez Romero, María Mazzanti.
La magie du cyanotype
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Avec poésie et douceur, Carasco nous initie à l'art du cyanotype, procédé alternatif de photographie qui transforme les végétaux en de magnifiques tableaux bleu de Prusse. Entre errances contemplatives, cueillettes joyeuses, chimie et alchimie, ce livre nous invite à participer à une expérience artistique unique dans laquelle le temps est suspendu, le soleil complice, et(...)
La magie du cyanotype
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Avec poésie et douceur, Carasco nous initie à l'art du cyanotype, procédé alternatif de photographie qui transforme les végétaux en de magnifiques tableaux bleu de Prusse. Entre errances contemplatives, cueillettes joyeuses, chimie et alchimie, ce livre nous invite à participer à une expérience artistique unique dans laquelle le temps est suspendu, le soleil complice, et l'eau magicienne. En explorant la technique du cyanotype, vous apprendrez à écouter la nature, à respecter ce qui vous entoure, à jouer avec les éléments au fil des saisons et à maintenir ainsi un lien fort et puissant avec le vivant.
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Découvre l'eau dans tous ses états, tout autour du monde ! Des glaciers aux torrents, de la rivière à la mer, du brouillard au givre, de l'écume aux nuages, des nuages à la pluie, du ruisseau à la fontaine... l'eau, essentielle à la vie, est en perpétuel mouvement !
Du glacier au torrent : Histoire de l'eau
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Découvre l'eau dans tous ses états, tout autour du monde ! Des glaciers aux torrents, de la rivière à la mer, du brouillard au givre, de l'écume aux nuages, des nuages à la pluie, du ruisseau à la fontaine... l'eau, essentielle à la vie, est en perpétuel mouvement !
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Videotape: Object lessons
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Over the span of a single decade, VHS technology changed the relationship between privacy and entertainment, pried open the closed societies behind the Iron Curtain, and then sank back into oblivion. Its meteoric rise and fall encapsulated the dynamics of the '80s and foreshadowed the seismic cultural shifts to come after the Cold War. In the West, its advent deepened the(...)
September 2025
Videotape: Object lessons
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Over the span of a single decade, VHS technology changed the relationship between privacy and entertainment, pried open the closed societies behind the Iron Curtain, and then sank back into oblivion. Its meteoric rise and fall encapsulated the dynamics of the '80s and foreshadowed the seismic cultural shifts to come after the Cold War. In the West, its advent deepened the trends of the age: individualism, consumerism, the fragmentation of society, and the consolidation of corporate power in the entertainment industry and its victory over the regulatory powers of the state. In the East, it encouraged new forms of socialization and economic exchanges, while announcing the gradual crumbling of government control over the imagination of the people. By the mid-1990s, the VHS format was displaced by the DVD. The DVD would eventually give way to streaming. Yet the cultural legacy of the videotape continues to inform our relationship to technology, privacy, and to entertainment.
Weathering
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Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet - gradually eroding, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on earth, but humans are also weathering: evolving and changing as we're transformed by the shifting climates of our lives and experiences. So, what might these ancient natural forms have to teach us about resilience(...)
Weathering
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Rocks and mountains have withstood aeons of life on our planet - gradually eroding, shifting, solidifying, and weathering. We might spend a little less time on earth, but humans are also weathering: evolving and changing as we're transformed by the shifting climates of our lives and experiences. So, what might these ancient natural forms have to teach us about resilience and change? In a stunning exploration of our own connection to these enduring forms, outdoor psychotherapist and geologist Ruth Allen takes us on a journey through deep time and ancient landscapes, showing how geology - which has formed the bedrock of her own adult life and approach to therapy - can offer us a new way of thinking about our own grief, change and boundaries.
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