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Titre:
Space is politics

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In "Space is politics", architect and urban planner Hans Teerds shows that space is not merely a prerequisite for political activity – it is political in itself. The design of public spaces such as streets, squares, and parks influences who meets, who participates, and who is excluded. These spaces are not mere backdrops, but central places of democratic practice. Architecture is never neutral. It marks access, defines boundaries, and shapes the conditions of public life. Teerds calls for such spaces to be reclaimed from investors and experts in social dialogues, returning them to the political public sphere. A manifesto for those who understand architecture as a political task.

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...but, who are we building for?

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Architecture shapes both human and more-than-human worlds. Historically, it has served (and still does) as an instrument of power—creating, restricting, and distributing both control and access. Yet architecture also carries the potential for care and inclusivity, offering shelter, and fostering belonging. Shifting the focus from the designers and creators of the built environment to its inhabitants, Building Diversity’s second publication offers a critical lens to explore for whom cities, buildings, spaces, and infrastructures are shaped for and with. The publication creates a space for diverse voices by bringing in different perspectives to highlight the complexities of the question: ... but, who are we building for? These multifaceted contributions spark curiosity and offer ideas and thoughts for further conversations and reflections. Building Diversity is a non-profit organisation based in Denmark, dedicated to foster diversity and inclusivity in the built environment. They believe that shaping architecture and design is a collective effort that thrives on diverse perspectives and inclusive collaborations. Building Diversity is powered by volunteers united by the vision of inclusive and equitable futures. With over 90 members from more than 40 nationalities, the community brings together a diverse group of perspectives.

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The good city: The short story

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Do you remember the series of lectures and teachers from your university days? No? Camilla van Deurs does. She particularly remembers one teacher and professor, Jan Gehl, not only for his knowledge but also for his ability to communicate it. Jan Gehl presented the key points of his research through anecdotes and repeated them until they became ingrained. From teacher to student. From one generation of architects and urban planners to the next. "Good city: The short story" is a collection of 24 short stories in which Gehl's research work is translated into easy-to-understand reflections on city life. Like the staircase – an architecturally designed component, but one that quickly becomes an accumulation of newspapers and shopping bags. About the distinction between architecture and urban planning on the drawing board and the actual, lived city. About small spaces and big experiences.

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How Modern: Biographies of Architecture in China 1949–1979

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Between the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and the implementation of Reform and Opening Up policies in 1979, architecture played a key role in shaping China’s vision for socialist modernity. However, driven by shifting policies throughout these three decades, modern Chinese architecture has largely been perceived as stunted. Many misconceptions of this history persist: that nationalization and collectivism denied architects creative independence, that projects focused on industrial productivity over design quality, and that the promotion of a “national style” limited more modern formal choices. At once a question and a proposition, How Modern: Biographies of Architecture in China 1949–1979 reassesses New China’s architectural production. Reproducing primary sources alongside short essays and interviews with architects, archivists, historians, and residents, the book reflects on issues such as agency, innovation, collaboration, expertise, standardization, craft, and local and international impact. It challenges a monolithic history of socialist modernity by foregrounding the varied conditions under which modernism was conceived, realized, and experienced.

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Idoine & Stephanie Davidson : Shaque d'amour

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Stephanie Davidson dessine, enseigne, enquête, construit, converse, rencontre, relie dans un mouvement énergique et joyeux. Avec Georg Rafailidis, sous le nom Davidson Rafailidis, iels maintiennent et activent une conception de l’architecture radicale : l’architecture, comme une manière de bien vivre, avec soi-même, ses relations et le territoire.

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Zoe Welch : Under One Sun

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''Under One Sun'' is a photobook that chronicles some of the hand-painted sign art on Miami’s local businesses. Made across more than six years, inadvertently the collection also documents the loss of local businesses and their distinct signage — some buildings razed altogether — often the fallout of Miami's real estate development churning inland. Along with that loss, so goes some of Miami’s unique history. Today, ''Under One Sun'' is a memory box for Miami’s locals, and a memento for its visitors.

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100 Sculptural Circumstances

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A sequence of 103 images of found sculptural circumstances shot in Montreal by photographer Dean Garlick : ''Sculptural circumstances evoke the long tradition of art history through their accidental form, structure, and material confluences. It's my hope that the continuous flow of aesthetic accidents in this book will evoke a sense of awe in the everyday world similar to what I experience while I'm out photographing in the streets and alleys of Montreal, '100 sculptural circumstances' is a call to action that challenges the viewer to be fascinated by the world, and invites them into the embrace of the alchemy of the mundane, which is so very central to my photographic aesthetic.''

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Adapter la ville aux changements climatiques : Des experimentations de concertation à Montréal

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Cet ouvrage discute des transformations dans la gouvernance et la planification urbaine en contexte de changements climatiques, à partir d’une friche urbaine en réaménagement à Montréal. Lachine-Est est un espace de multiples expérimentations évoluant en parallèle, parfois en convergence ou en porte-à-faux, qui permettent de comprendre les enjeux de l’adaptation et de la gouvernance partagée à Montréal et ailleurs. Dans ses trois parties – transformer la gouvernance urbaine, l’urbanisme, l’intervention urbaine –, l’ambition est de sortir l’adaptation aux changement s climatiques des cadres trop étroits qui limitent sa portée. En plus des analyses issues de la recherche-action du Labo Climat Montréal, l’ouvrage propose des voix plurielles, avec des perspectives citoyennes, communautaires et de planificateurs. Le livre met l’accent sur un moteur d’ambitions renouvelées dans l’adaptation aux changements climatiques : des expérimentations de concertation. Il est question du développement de dispositifs de travail concerté rassemblant des acteurs peu habitués à travailler ensemble, dans des institutions et hors de celles-ci, avec un plus grand partage de pouvoirs, ainsi que la construction de sens et de leviers collectifs pour agir.

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État des lieux : Inventaire 1974-2024

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Depuis son ouverture en 1974, l'École de design mène le travail engagé d'établir une école soucieuse de sa communauté, une école ouverte sur le monde et qui cherche, depuis ses tous premiers jours, à prendre position et à inscrire sa pertinence à travers des pratiques innovantes. Cette première effervescence est demeurée celle des 50 années qui ont suivi: l'ouverture de la Galerie de design en 1981, la première édition de Design international en 1982, la construction du Pavillon de design en 1995, la création de trois diplômes spécialisés dans les années 2000 et l'ouverture du programme de maîtrise en 2012, sont quelques-uns des jalons de cette grande activité. Cette publication donne suite à l'exposition PARCOURS présentée au Centre de design à l'automne 2024 pour célébrer le 50e anniversaire de l'École de design de l'UQAM. Les archives de cinq décennies de création ont été fouillées pour mettre en relation des projets étudiants et des réalisations professionnelles de designers accomplis dans divers champs de pratique. Cet inventaire éclectique illustre l’évolution et l’interconnectivité des différentes disciplines enseignées à l’École: design graphique, design industriel, architecture et design urbain, design de mode, transport, patrimoine et événement.

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Magic architecture: The story of human housing

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''Magic Architecture'' was the architect Frederick Kiesler’s most ambitious book project, an epoch-spanning history of human housing from prehistory to the atomic era, submitted to editors after World War II but left unpublished. In its holistic view of habitation through the lens of anthropology, ecology, and the life sciences, ''Magic Architecture'' is one of the most extraordinary texts on architecture written in the twentieth century, now at last published in the twenty-first. Kiesler’s exploration of the effects of modern technology in combination with the alternative epistemology of “magical” practices associated with cave drawings and the first artifacts of human industry reflects his profoundly interdisciplinary perspective on the development of art, architecture, and design. This critical edition preserves Kiesler’s conception of the book as a neo-Vitruvian treatise divided into ten parts that narrate an alternative history and theory of architecture. Also included are more than seventy composite plate illustrations consisting of images cut and pasted from books and popular science journals, with elaborate captions, as well as Kiesler’s own line drawings made specifically for this project. The editors have reassembled the book’s text and illustrations from archival documents, supplementing them with notes that trace the copious development of the work. Introductory essays provide an interpretation of key themes and bibliographic sources, as well as a chronological context of the architect’s research. Appendixes offer additional textual and visual material gathered by Kiesler for the project.