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Fruit d’un travail collectif, cette publication rassemble plusieurs textes et réflexions sur les fondements de l’art engagé. Dans un Québec actuel où il est devenu impossible d’ignorer le désastre environnemental et le contexte sociopolitique, force est de constater que les textes formant cette publication sont plus imprégnés de ces contextes que prévu : les changements(...)
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Fruit d’un travail collectif, cette publication rassemble plusieurs textes et réflexions sur les fondements de l’art engagé. Dans un Québec actuel où il est devenu impossible d’ignorer le désastre environnemental et le contexte sociopolitique, force est de constater que les textes formant cette publication sont plus imprégnés de ces contextes que prévu : les changements(...)
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De l'art engagé au Québec : éthique et esthétique de l'utile
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Fruit d’un travail collectif, cette publication rassemble plusieurs textes et réflexions sur les fondements de l’art engagé. Dans un Québec actuel où il est devenu impossible d’ignorer le désastre environnemental et le contexte sociopolitique, force est de constater que les textes formant cette publication sont plus imprégnés de ces contextes que prévu : les changements liés à la COVID-19, la puissance des réseaux sociaux, la montée du populisme, la polarisation et l’emprise des politiques identitaires y sont évoqués à maintes reprises, et en tracent le contour. Dans cet ouvrage les formes de discours sont variées, allant de la description de projet ou du récit de parcours en passant par le dialogue entre artistes et la critique d’œuvres. Les questions soulevées sont multiples : quelle est la fonction de l’art? Qu’est-ce que le label d’« artiste de la diversité » implique pour l’artiste concerné? Est-ce que l’art engagé peut avoir des effets indésirables, voire contraires aux intentions de l’artiste? L’art peut-il faire acte de résistance face à la logique de rentabilité? La manœuvre est-elle une forme irrécupérable par l’industrie culturelle? L’objet matériel peut-il devenir un prétexte pour créer des liens? Cet objet et ces liens se transforment-ils selon le contexte social et politique? Les artistes présentés dans ces textes offrent, pour leur part, une perspective nouvelle sur des territoires familiers et communs à tous, en y infusant des éléments qui décalent notre perception habituelle.
De l'art engagé au Québec : éthique et esthétique de l'utile
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Fruit d’un travail collectif, cette publication rassemble plusieurs textes et réflexions sur les fondements de l’art engagé. Dans un Québec actuel où il est devenu impossible d’ignorer le désastre environnemental et le contexte sociopolitique, force est de constater que les textes formant cette publication sont plus imprégnés de ces contextes que prévu : les changements liés à la COVID-19, la puissance des réseaux sociaux, la montée du populisme, la polarisation et l’emprise des politiques identitaires y sont évoqués à maintes reprises, et en tracent le contour. Dans cet ouvrage les formes de discours sont variées, allant de la description de projet ou du récit de parcours en passant par le dialogue entre artistes et la critique d’œuvres. Les questions soulevées sont multiples : quelle est la fonction de l’art? Qu’est-ce que le label d’« artiste de la diversité » implique pour l’artiste concerné? Est-ce que l’art engagé peut avoir des effets indésirables, voire contraires aux intentions de l’artiste? L’art peut-il faire acte de résistance face à la logique de rentabilité? La manœuvre est-elle une forme irrécupérable par l’industrie culturelle? L’objet matériel peut-il devenir un prétexte pour créer des liens? Cet objet et ces liens se transforment-ils selon le contexte social et politique? Les artistes présentés dans ces textes offrent, pour leur part, une perspective nouvelle sur des territoires familiers et communs à tous, en y infusant des éléments qui décalent notre perception habituelle.
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Cet ouvrage collectif est conçu en hommage à Anne-Marie Châtelet – anciennement professeure d’histoire et de culture architecturales et présidente de la Commission de la recherche et de la pédagogie à l’École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Strasbourg –, qui a fortement défendu, pendant son parcours de chercheure et d’enseignante dans les écoles d’architecture, la(...)
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Cet ouvrage collectif est conçu en hommage à Anne-Marie Châtelet – anciennement professeure d’histoire et de culture architecturales et présidente de la Commission de la recherche et de la pédagogie à l’École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Strasbourg –, qui a fortement défendu, pendant son parcours de chercheure et d’enseignante dans les écoles d’architecture, la(...)
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Pour une histoire culturelle de l'architecture : essais offerts à Anne-Marie Châtelet
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Cet ouvrage collectif est conçu en hommage à Anne-Marie Châtelet – anciennement professeure d’histoire et de culture architecturales et présidente de la Commission de la recherche et de la pédagogie à l’École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Strasbourg –, qui a fortement défendu, pendant son parcours de chercheure et d’enseignante dans les écoles d’architecture, la place du champ historique et ainsi contribué à développer et à enrichir la recherche en histoire de l’architecture.Sont rassemblés ici près de 40 contributions signées par ses condisciples, actuels ou anciens collègues, vieux amis et jeunes doctorants, étudiants d’antan et collaborateurs d’aujourd’hui. Elles font écho aux principaux thèmes de recherche chers à Anne-Marie Châtelet :- Un premier axe regroupe des textes centrés sur l’histoire d’édifices bâtis aux 19e et 20e siècles en Europe, analysant ainsi l’architecture scolaire, religieuse mais aussi celle du logement ou d’équipements plus exceptionnels, par le biais de méthodes d’étude typo-morphologique.- Le deuxième aborde le milieu et la pratique des architectes, au fil du 20e siècle, moins dans une approche des individus que dans celle des bâtisseurs comme groupe professionnel, voire comme groupe social.- Le troisième axe éclaire des problématiques liées aux échanges, transferts et métissages dans les domaines architectural et urbain.
Pour une histoire culturelle de l'architecture : essais offerts à Anne-Marie Châtelet
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Cet ouvrage collectif est conçu en hommage à Anne-Marie Châtelet – anciennement professeure d’histoire et de culture architecturales et présidente de la Commission de la recherche et de la pédagogie à l’École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Strasbourg –, qui a fortement défendu, pendant son parcours de chercheure et d’enseignante dans les écoles d’architecture, la place du champ historique et ainsi contribué à développer et à enrichir la recherche en histoire de l’architecture.Sont rassemblés ici près de 40 contributions signées par ses condisciples, actuels ou anciens collègues, vieux amis et jeunes doctorants, étudiants d’antan et collaborateurs d’aujourd’hui. Elles font écho aux principaux thèmes de recherche chers à Anne-Marie Châtelet :- Un premier axe regroupe des textes centrés sur l’histoire d’édifices bâtis aux 19e et 20e siècles en Europe, analysant ainsi l’architecture scolaire, religieuse mais aussi celle du logement ou d’équipements plus exceptionnels, par le biais de méthodes d’étude typo-morphologique.- Le deuxième aborde le milieu et la pratique des architectes, au fil du 20e siècle, moins dans une approche des individus que dans celle des bâtisseurs comme groupe professionnel, voire comme groupe social.- Le troisième axe éclaire des problématiques liées aux échanges, transferts et métissages dans les domaines architectural et urbain.
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June 2023
June 2023
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Architectural Theory
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Un changement de paradigme dans la pratique du projet d’urbanisme paysager s’opère actuellement dans un contexte d’urgence climatique : l’acclimatation en est le nouveau modèle. De ce paradigme, des échantillons de formes spatiales émergent et parmi celles-ci, celui de trame fraîche acclimatée. Cette forme de composition offre un contrepoint aux générations précédentes(...)
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Un changement de paradigme dans la pratique du projet d’urbanisme paysager s’opère actuellement dans un contexte d’urgence climatique : l’acclimatation en est le nouveau modèle. De ce paradigme, des échantillons de formes spatiales émergent et parmi celles-ci, celui de trame fraîche acclimatée. Cette forme de composition offre un contrepoint aux générations précédentes(...)
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Trame de fraîcheur : le projet d'urbanisme écologique face au changement climatique
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Un changement de paradigme dans la pratique du projet d’urbanisme paysager s’opère actuellement dans un contexte d’urgence climatique : l’acclimatation en est le nouveau modèle. De ce paradigme, des échantillons de formes spatiales émergent et parmi celles-ci, celui de trame fraîche acclimatée. Cette forme de composition offre un contrepoint aux générations précédentes des trames vertes et bleues (TVB). Face au réchauffement climatique, nous franchissons une nouvelle étape, où la question essentielle concerne la convergence entre la recherche, les orientations stratégiques en matière d’atténuation et d’adaptation et les moyens de mise en œuvre possibles dans l’activité de projet d’urbanisme paysager. En prenant comme cas d’étude Lausanne, ce livre tente de répondre à ce défi en réfléchissant à l’implantation au sein de cette ville d’une trame de fraîcheur. L’ouvrage se structure en trois parties qui donnent toutes des outils réplicables dans d’autres contextes, pour d’autres territoires vulnérables : Une lecture cartographique et statistique des formes environnementales lausannoises et une analyse bioclimatique inédite; L’élaboration d’une base conceptuelle et de visions prospectives en 2030 puis 2050 pour accompagner l’installation de la trame de fraîcheur;Un zoom sur une expérience de requalification d’espace public en cours afin de préfigurer l’implantation de dispositifs d’écologie urbaine. Cette dernière partie interroge le processus de projet en donnant la parole aux experts de la ville de Lausanne, et présente un catalogue de références recensant de multiples expériences internationales achevées et sources d’inspiration.
Trame de fraîcheur : le projet d'urbanisme écologique face au changement climatique
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Un changement de paradigme dans la pratique du projet d’urbanisme paysager s’opère actuellement dans un contexte d’urgence climatique : l’acclimatation en est le nouveau modèle. De ce paradigme, des échantillons de formes spatiales émergent et parmi celles-ci, celui de trame fraîche acclimatée. Cette forme de composition offre un contrepoint aux générations précédentes des trames vertes et bleues (TVB). Face au réchauffement climatique, nous franchissons une nouvelle étape, où la question essentielle concerne la convergence entre la recherche, les orientations stratégiques en matière d’atténuation et d’adaptation et les moyens de mise en œuvre possibles dans l’activité de projet d’urbanisme paysager. En prenant comme cas d’étude Lausanne, ce livre tente de répondre à ce défi en réfléchissant à l’implantation au sein de cette ville d’une trame de fraîcheur. L’ouvrage se structure en trois parties qui donnent toutes des outils réplicables dans d’autres contextes, pour d’autres territoires vulnérables : Une lecture cartographique et statistique des formes environnementales lausannoises et une analyse bioclimatique inédite; L’élaboration d’une base conceptuelle et de visions prospectives en 2030 puis 2050 pour accompagner l’installation de la trame de fraîcheur;Un zoom sur une expérience de requalification d’espace public en cours afin de préfigurer l’implantation de dispositifs d’écologie urbaine. Cette dernière partie interroge le processus de projet en donnant la parole aux experts de la ville de Lausanne, et présente un catalogue de références recensant de multiples expériences internationales achevées et sources d’inspiration.
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June 2023
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Cleanliness is a core value of societies around the globe. With photography and short, poetical observations, acclaimed author and designer Kenya Hara explores and illustrates the concept of cleaning in all of its aspects: sweeping, dusting, blowing, beating, washing, wiping, smoothing, raking, grooming, purifying, scrubbing, scraping, erasing, scooping, removing and(...)
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Cleanliness is a core value of societies around the globe. With photography and short, poetical observations, acclaimed author and designer Kenya Hara explores and illustrates the concept of cleaning in all of its aspects: sweeping, dusting, blowing, beating, washing, wiping, smoothing, raking, grooming, purifying, scrubbing, scraping, erasing, scooping, removing and(...)
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Cleaning
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Cleanliness is a core value of societies around the globe. With photography and short, poetical observations, acclaimed author and designer Kenya Hara explores and illustrates the concept of cleaning in all of its aspects: sweeping, dusting, blowing, beating, washing, wiping, smoothing, raking, grooming, purifying, scrubbing, scraping, erasing, scooping, removing and clearing. From the sorting process a child applies to its toys and the meticulous attention a clockmaker pays to their creations to the impressive feat that is deep-cleaning a ship, each process is treated with the same gentle fascination. The portable book format invites readers to take this publication into the world as they look at these everyday processes with fresh eyes. Kenya Hara (born 1958) is a Japanese graphic designer, author, curator, professor at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo and art director for MUJI. He has been awarded many prizes, including the Japanese Cultural Design Award. Hara is the author of ''White'', ''100 Whites'', ''Designing Design'' and ''Designing Japan''.
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Cleanliness is a core value of societies around the globe. With photography and short, poetical observations, acclaimed author and designer Kenya Hara explores and illustrates the concept of cleaning in all of its aspects: sweeping, dusting, blowing, beating, washing, wiping, smoothing, raking, grooming, purifying, scrubbing, scraping, erasing, scooping, removing and clearing. From the sorting process a child applies to its toys and the meticulous attention a clockmaker pays to their creations to the impressive feat that is deep-cleaning a ship, each process is treated with the same gentle fascination. The portable book format invites readers to take this publication into the world as they look at these everyday processes with fresh eyes. Kenya Hara (born 1958) is a Japanese graphic designer, author, curator, professor at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo and art director for MUJI. He has been awarded many prizes, including the Japanese Cultural Design Award. Hara is the author of ''White'', ''100 Whites'', ''Designing Design'' and ''Designing Japan''.
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October 2023
October 2023
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Design Theory
Design Theory
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''Sensing Earth'' states that our environmental issues are in the first place a matter of culture and aesthetics. Technology and science are not enough to solve these problems. Our globe is facing an escalation of ecological problems, with no quick solutions in sight. We seem to be caught in a spiral of health issues, burnout, sensory overload, depression, and somatic(...)
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''Sensing Earth'' states that our environmental issues are in the first place a matter of culture and aesthetics. Technology and science are not enough to solve these problems. Our globe is facing an escalation of ecological problems, with no quick solutions in sight. We seem to be caught in a spiral of health issues, burnout, sensory overload, depression, and somatic(...)
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Art Theory
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October 2023
October 2023
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Sensing earth: Cultural quests across a heated globe
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''Sensing Earth'' states that our environmental issues are in the first place a matter of culture and aesthetics. Technology and science are not enough to solve these problems. Our globe is facing an escalation of ecological problems, with no quick solutions in sight. We seem to be caught in a spiral of health issues, burnout, sensory overload, depression, and somatic deprivation. Artists faced with these crises are looking for ways to articulate the ongoing emergencies and explore possible ways out. However, the arts and culture are caught in a double bind. Artists and cultural initiatives need circulation to let ideas intersect and create meaningful connections. However, this globalized system also contributes to the planet’s ecological decline: by countless journeys from one biennale, international residency, touring exhibition, and networking event to the next. After the Covid-19 pandemic ‘business as usual’ seems to prevail.
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''Sensing Earth'' states that our environmental issues are in the first place a matter of culture and aesthetics. Technology and science are not enough to solve these problems. Our globe is facing an escalation of ecological problems, with no quick solutions in sight. We seem to be caught in a spiral of health issues, burnout, sensory overload, depression, and somatic deprivation. Artists faced with these crises are looking for ways to articulate the ongoing emergencies and explore possible ways out. However, the arts and culture are caught in a double bind. Artists and cultural initiatives need circulation to let ideas intersect and create meaningful connections. However, this globalized system also contributes to the planet’s ecological decline: by countless journeys from one biennale, international residency, touring exhibition, and networking event to the next. After the Covid-19 pandemic ‘business as usual’ seems to prevail.
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October 2023
October 2023
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Art Theory
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Moving mountains
Moving mountains
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The ''Moving mountains' book is a selection of material enquiries of the Swedish landscape, narrated through a series of texts, recipes and visual materials that ask how we can reconfigure and inform our understanding of the land that surrounds us. The structure of ''Moving mountains'' focuses on opposites: mining in the North and agriculture in the South, the Lapland(...)
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The ''Moving mountains' book is a selection of material enquiries of the Swedish landscape, narrated through a series of texts, recipes and visual materials that ask how we can reconfigure and inform our understanding of the land that surrounds us. The structure of ''Moving mountains'' focuses on opposites: mining in the North and agriculture in the South, the Lapland(...)
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Moving mountains
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The ''Moving mountains' book is a selection of material enquiries of the Swedish landscape, narrated through a series of texts, recipes and visual materials that ask how we can reconfigure and inform our understanding of the land that surrounds us. The structure of ''Moving mountains'' focuses on opposites: mining in the North and agriculture in the South, the Lapland fells and the Skåne plains, wanted and unwanted industrial materials, new and old approaches to the land. Photographs by Joshua Olley take the reader through portraits of Skåne, Halland, Uppland, Södermanland, Norrbotten and Lappland. Although the investigation was based in Sweden, the concept is reproducible, which comes across during collaborative moments in the book. The design of the book by Kiosk Studio, with its thermolacquer heat sensitive cover, directly responds to the content, meaning the narrative is as much a visual investigation as it is a text based one.
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The ''Moving mountains' book is a selection of material enquiries of the Swedish landscape, narrated through a series of texts, recipes and visual materials that ask how we can reconfigure and inform our understanding of the land that surrounds us. The structure of ''Moving mountains'' focuses on opposites: mining in the North and agriculture in the South, the Lapland fells and the Skåne plains, wanted and unwanted industrial materials, new and old approaches to the land. Photographs by Joshua Olley take the reader through portraits of Skåne, Halland, Uppland, Södermanland, Norrbotten and Lappland. Although the investigation was based in Sweden, the concept is reproducible, which comes across during collaborative moments in the book. The design of the book by Kiosk Studio, with its thermolacquer heat sensitive cover, directly responds to the content, meaning the narrative is as much a visual investigation as it is a text based one.
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July 2022
July 2022
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Landscape Theory
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''Drawing Matter Extracts 2: Women writing architecture'' is edited by Helen Thomas and collects together 24 texts written by women in architectural practice and connected disciplines. The anthology is published to coincide with the launch of the Women Writing Architecture website (www. womenwritingarchitecture.org), an annotated bibliography of writing about(...)
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''Drawing Matter Extracts 2: Women writing architecture'' is edited by Helen Thomas and collects together 24 texts written by women in architectural practice and connected disciplines. The anthology is published to coincide with the launch of the Women Writing Architecture website (www. womenwritingarchitecture.org), an annotated bibliography of writing about(...)
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Drawing Matter Extracts 2: Women writing architecture
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''Drawing Matter Extracts 2: Women writing architecture'' is edited by Helen Thomas and collects together 24 texts written by women in architectural practice and connected disciplines. The anthology is published to coincide with the launch of the Women Writing Architecture website (www. womenwritingarchitecture.org), an annotated bibliography of writing about architecture by women. ''Women writing architecture'' includes texts by Helen Thomas, Sheila O’Donnell, Stephanie Macdonald, Philippa Lewis, Caroline Voet, Iris Moon, Desley Luscombe, Zoe Zenghelis, Mari Lending, Maria Conen, Deanna Petherbridge, Marie-José van Hee, Roz Barr, Asli Çiçek, Ana Araujo, Sarah Handelman, Emma Letizia Jones, Anahat Chandra, Emily Priest, Angharad Davies, Deepiga Kameswaran and Emerald Liu.
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''Drawing Matter Extracts 2: Women writing architecture'' is edited by Helen Thomas and collects together 24 texts written by women in architectural practice and connected disciplines. The anthology is published to coincide with the launch of the Women Writing Architecture website (www. womenwritingarchitecture.org), an annotated bibliography of writing about architecture by women. ''Women writing architecture'' includes texts by Helen Thomas, Sheila O’Donnell, Stephanie Macdonald, Philippa Lewis, Caroline Voet, Iris Moon, Desley Luscombe, Zoe Zenghelis, Mari Lending, Maria Conen, Deanna Petherbridge, Marie-José van Hee, Roz Barr, Asli Çiçek, Ana Araujo, Sarah Handelman, Emma Letizia Jones, Anahat Chandra, Emily Priest, Angharad Davies, Deepiga Kameswaran and Emerald Liu.
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January 2021
January 2021
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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The question of what heritage is and how we deal with it is not a neutral one. Recent events such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the toppling of monuments have made evident how much the colonial past is inscribed in our built environment; at the same time, colonialism affects memorialization and historiography. Hence, those involved in architectural history are(...)
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The question of what heritage is and how we deal with it is not a neutral one. Recent events such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the toppling of monuments have made evident how much the colonial past is inscribed in our built environment; at the same time, colonialism affects memorialization and historiography. Hence, those involved in architectural history are(...)
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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June 2024
June 2024
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Architectures of colonialism: Constructed histories, conflicting memories
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The question of what heritage is and how we deal with it is not a neutral one. Recent events such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the toppling of monuments have made evident how much the colonial past is inscribed in our built environment; at the same time, colonialism affects memorialization and historiography. Hence, those involved in architectural history are challenged to re-consider their positionality. Whose heritage are colonial sites? Which conflicting memories are attached to them? How are archives and material evidence reassessed to bring forward the stories of marginalized subjects? Following the call for decolonization, this volume explores historical methodologies and shows the entanglement of narratives at architectural sites, bringing together archaeology, architectural history, and heritage studies.
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The question of what heritage is and how we deal with it is not a neutral one. Recent events such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the toppling of monuments have made evident how much the colonial past is inscribed in our built environment; at the same time, colonialism affects memorialization and historiography. Hence, those involved in architectural history are challenged to re-consider their positionality. Whose heritage are colonial sites? Which conflicting memories are attached to them? How are archives and material evidence reassessed to bring forward the stories of marginalized subjects? Following the call for decolonization, this volume explores historical methodologies and shows the entanglement of narratives at architectural sites, bringing together archaeology, architectural history, and heritage studies.
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June 2024
June 2024
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''Amaza Lee Meredith imagines herself modern'' tells the captivating story of Amaza Lee Meredith, a Black woman architect, artist, and educator born into the Jim Crow South, whose bold choices in both life and architecture expand our understanding of the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, while revealing the importance of architecture as a force in Black(...)
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''Amaza Lee Meredith imagines herself modern'' tells the captivating story of Amaza Lee Meredith, a Black woman architect, artist, and educator born into the Jim Crow South, whose bold choices in both life and architecture expand our understanding of the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, while revealing the importance of architecture as a force in Black(...)
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Amaza Lee Meredith imagines herself modern: Architecture and the Black Amercian middle class
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''Amaza Lee Meredith imagines herself modern'' tells the captivating story of Amaza Lee Meredith, a Black woman architect, artist, and educator born into the Jim Crow South, whose bold choices in both life and architecture expand our understanding of the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, while revealing the importance of architecture as a force in Black middle-class identity. Through her charismatic protagonist, Jacqueline Taylor derives new insights into the experiences of Black women at the forefront of culture in early twentieth-century America, caught between expectation and ambition, responsibility and desire. Central to Taylor’s argument is that Meredith’s response to modern architecture and art, like those of other Black cultural producers, was not marginal to the modernist project; instead, her work reveals the tensions and inconsistencies in how American modernism has been defined. In this way, the book shines a necessary light on modernism’s complexity, while overturning perceived notions of race and gender in relation to the modernist project and challenging the notion of the white male hero of modern architecture.
Amaza Lee Meredith imagines herself modern: Architecture and the Black Amercian middle class
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''Amaza Lee Meredith imagines herself modern'' tells the captivating story of Amaza Lee Meredith, a Black woman architect, artist, and educator born into the Jim Crow South, whose bold choices in both life and architecture expand our understanding of the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance, while revealing the importance of architecture as a force in Black middle-class identity. Through her charismatic protagonist, Jacqueline Taylor derives new insights into the experiences of Black women at the forefront of culture in early twentieth-century America, caught between expectation and ambition, responsibility and desire. Central to Taylor’s argument is that Meredith’s response to modern architecture and art, like those of other Black cultural producers, was not marginal to the modernist project; instead, her work reveals the tensions and inconsistencies in how American modernism has been defined. In this way, the book shines a necessary light on modernism’s complexity, while overturning perceived notions of race and gender in relation to the modernist project and challenging the notion of the white male hero of modern architecture.
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November 2023
November 2023
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Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
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What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, the place has maintained a unique hold on our collective imagination? In this book, which comes twenty years after her widely acclaimed Times Square Roulette, Lynne Sagalyn masterfully tells the story of profound urban change(...)
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What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, the place has maintained a unique hold on our collective imagination? In this book, which comes twenty years after her widely acclaimed Times Square Roulette, Lynne Sagalyn masterfully tells the story of profound urban change(...)
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Times Square remade: The dynamics of urban change
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What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, the place has maintained a unique hold on our collective imagination? In this book, which comes twenty years after her widely acclaimed Times Square Roulette, Lynne Sagalyn masterfully tells the story of profound urban change over decades in the symbolic space that is New York City’s Times Square. Drawing on the history, sociology, and political economy of the place, ''Times Square remade'' examines how the public-private transformation of 42nd Street at Times Square impacted the entertainment district and adjacent neighborhoods, particularly Hell’s Kitchen. Sagalyn chronicles the earliest halcyon days of 42nd Street and Times Square as the nexus of speculation and competitive theater building as well as its darkest days as vice central, and on to the years of aggressive government intervention to cleanse West 42nd Street of pornography and crime. Thematically, the author analyzes the three main forces that have shaped and reshaped Times Square—theater, real estate, and pornography—and explains the politics and economics of what got built and what has been restored or preserved. Accompanied by nearly 160 images, more than half in color, ''Times Square remade'' is a deftly woven narrative of urban transformation that will appeal as much to the general reader and New York City enthusiast as to urbanists, city planners, architects, urban designers, and policymakers.
Times Square remade: The dynamics of urban change
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What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, the place has maintained a unique hold on our collective imagination? In this book, which comes twenty years after her widely acclaimed Times Square Roulette, Lynne Sagalyn masterfully tells the story of profound urban change over decades in the symbolic space that is New York City’s Times Square. Drawing on the history, sociology, and political economy of the place, ''Times Square remade'' examines how the public-private transformation of 42nd Street at Times Square impacted the entertainment district and adjacent neighborhoods, particularly Hell’s Kitchen. Sagalyn chronicles the earliest halcyon days of 42nd Street and Times Square as the nexus of speculation and competitive theater building as well as its darkest days as vice central, and on to the years of aggressive government intervention to cleanse West 42nd Street of pornography and crime. Thematically, the author analyzes the three main forces that have shaped and reshaped Times Square—theater, real estate, and pornography—and explains the politics and economics of what got built and what has been restored or preserved. Accompanied by nearly 160 images, more than half in color, ''Times Square remade'' is a deftly woven narrative of urban transformation that will appeal as much to the general reader and New York City enthusiast as to urbanists, city planners, architects, urban designers, and policymakers.
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books
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October 2023
October 2023
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
