Architects without frontiers : [book] war, reconstruction and design responsibility /
Charlesworth, Esther Ruth
Architects without frontiers : war, reconstruction and design responsibility / [book] Esther Charlesworth - Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Architectural Press, 2006 - xii, 175 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.
1. From lines of contention to zones of connection -- 2. Architects and war -- 3. Archetypes -- 4. Beirut - city as heart versus city as spine -- 5. Nicosia - reconstruction as resolution -- 6. Mostar - reconstruction as reconciliation -- 7. From zones of conention to lines of connection - implications for the design profession -- 8. Architects without frontiers - implications for design education.
This book points to the potential for archtects to play important roles in post-war relief and recontruction. The author suggests that architects and design professionals have a significant opportunity to assist peace-making and recontruction efforts in the period immediately after conflict or disaster, when much of the housing, hospital, educational, transport, civic and business infrastructure has been destroyed or badly damaged.--publisher.
0750668407 (pbk.) 2500 Bht. 9780750668408 (pbk.)
ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY--CASE STUDIES
POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION
POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION--CASE STUDIES
ARCHITECTURE--PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
ARCHITECTURE--PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS--CASE STUDIES
NA 2543.S6 / C42A 2006
Architects without frontiers : war, reconstruction and design responsibility / [book] Esther Charlesworth - Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Architectural Press, 2006 - xii, 175 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-170) and index.
1. From lines of contention to zones of connection -- 2. Architects and war -- 3. Archetypes -- 4. Beirut - city as heart versus city as spine -- 5. Nicosia - reconstruction as resolution -- 6. Mostar - reconstruction as reconciliation -- 7. From zones of conention to lines of connection - implications for the design profession -- 8. Architects without frontiers - implications for design education.
This book points to the potential for archtects to play important roles in post-war relief and recontruction. The author suggests that architects and design professionals have a significant opportunity to assist peace-making and recontruction efforts in the period immediately after conflict or disaster, when much of the housing, hospital, educational, transport, civic and business infrastructure has been destroyed or badly damaged.--publisher.
0750668407 (pbk.) 2500 Bht. 9780750668408 (pbk.)
ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY--CASE STUDIES
POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION
POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION--CASE STUDIES
ARCHITECTURE--PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
ARCHITECTURE--PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS--CASE STUDIES
NA 2543.S6 / C42A 2006