Studio At Large: Architecture in Service of Global Communities - Couverture souple

Palleroni, Sergio; Merkelbach, Christina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0295984325 ISBN 13 : 9780295984322

Editeur : University of Washington Press, 2004

Synopsis

For more than a decade, architects and students from the University of Washington have been working with squatter communities in Mexico, migrant laborers in eastern Washington, and Indian reservations of the inland West as well as communities in Cuba, India, and Africa to provide housing, schools, clinics, and other vital structures. Led by Sergio Palleroni, Steve Badanes, and David Riley, these pioneering design/build programs have combined innovative architectural training with cross-cultural immersion, social activism, and environmental science, using design skills and hands-on construction projects to confront poverty and urgent social problems one building at a time. Studio at Large documents the international and regional community studios organized by Sergio Palleroni and his colleagues, typically held in intensive ten-week builds in marginalized communities. Involving community members and students, these studios promote maximum use of recycled or inexpensive, locally available materials, as well as lighting and energy systems that reduce utility costs and promote resource conservation. They serve as models for making architectural education relevant to urgent social problems, helping communities mobilize indigenous resources and social capital to develop long-term sustainable practices that protect rather than erode cultural identity, dignity, and stability. For more information go to: http://www.basicinitiative.org

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sergio Palleroni is visiting associate professor at the School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin, and the founding director of the University of Washington BASIC Initiative. Christina Merkelbach is a designer and former design/build student. Bryan Bell is a founder of Design Corps and editor of Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Washington Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0295984325
• ISBN 13: 9780295984322
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 208
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