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The Practice Turn in Architecture: Brussels after 1968 is a book about architectural theory ant its critical theory legacy. It seems interesting and useful for the school because it may help expanding the very notion of the architectural project itself. “What makes a city? What makes architecture? And, what is to be included in the discussions of architecture and the city? Attempting to answer such ambitious questions, this book starts from a city’s specificity and complexity. In response to recent debates in architectural theory around the agency and locus of critical action, this book tests the potential of criticality through-practice. Rather than through conceptual and ideological categorisations, it studies how architecture and criticality work within specific circumstances. Brussels, a complex city with a turbulent architectural and urban past, forms a compelling case for examining the tensions between urban politics, architectural imaginations, society’s needs and desires, and the city’s history and fabric. Inspired by pragmatist-relational philosophies, this book tests the potential of criticality through-practice. It studies a series of critical actions and tools, which occurred in Brussels’ architectural and urban culture after 1968. Weaved together, Brussels architectural production emerges from a variety of actors, including architects, urban policy makers, activists, social workers, and citizens, but also architectural movements and ideologies, urban renewal programs, urban traumas, plans and projects, and mundane everyday practices and constructions. This book contributes to the study of Brussels and offers a timely contribution to recent scholarship on the critical reappraisal of architectural debates from the 1960s through to the 1990s. In addition, by showing how pragmatist-relational philosophies can be made relevant for architectural theory, the book opens hopeful potentials for how architectural theory can better contribute to the formulation of a critical agenda for architecture.”

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libro interessante per la stesura della tesi sulle cooperative di abitazione, in particolare per l’analisi del caso bolognese

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Libro interessante per la stesura della nostra tesi sulle cooperative di abitazione, da confrontare con altri casi studio

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Questo libro esplora la connessione tra la fabbricazione digitale e lo studio di progettazione in studi accademici e professionali. Il libro presenta 17 saggi e casi di studio di noti studiosi e professionisti, tra cui Kengo Kuma, Joseph Choma, Dan Rockhill, Keith Zawistowski e Marie Zawistowski, il cui lavoro teorico e pratico affronta il design build a vari livelli. Quattro saggi introduttivi tracciano la storia del movimento design build, esplorando l’emergere del design build nella pedagogia del Bauhaus, l’integrazione della tecnologia nella progettazione architettonica e l’influenza dell’atto del fare sullo studio design build. Il resto del libro è diviso in due parti: la prima esamina i modelli pedagogici tradizionali per lo studio di design build, mentre la seconda si concentra sui metodi sperimentali utilizzati nei programmi di design build. Insieme, questi lavori discutono il comportamento umano, le tendenze socio-culturali e le motivazioni negli studi di mentalità sociale che si basano su un modello di service-learning. Esaminano gli studi basati sui componenti, dove l’innovazione consente un livello maggiore di ricerca e sperimentazione di nuovi materiali e assemblaggi, principi sostenibili e prototipi a energia zero.

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testo di sintesi a più voci sulle diverse implicazioni transdisciplinari della “ecologia politica”, ambito di ricerca che interseca i temi di storia dell’ambiente, del paesaggio e della tutela

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La storia dello sviluppo immobiliare è un aspetto essenziale della storia della maggior parte delle città, ma è un argomento spesso ignorato dal mondo accademico. In questo libro l’autrice costruisce una riflessione sul settore immobiliare attraverso la doppia lente della storia economica e urbana. Testo basilare per la ricerca accademica sullo spazio urbano e la sua produzione.

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Sembra essere un volume interessante, da cui poter reperire del materiale per una tesi di laurea sulle cooperative edilizie.

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Di interesse per ricerca storica e accademica riguardo lo sviluppo e la crescita della capitale greca nel corso dei secoli.

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Libro interessante per discutere del ruolo delle pratiche creative nella crisi climatica: “What can creativity achieve in an era of ecocide? How are people using creative and artistic practices to engage with (and resist) the destruction of life on earth? What are the relationships between creativity and repair in the face of escalating global environmental crises? Across twelve compelling case studies, this book charts the emergence of diverse forms of artistic practice and brings together accounts of how artists, scholars and activists are creatively responding to environmental destruction.

Highlighting alternative approaches to creativity in both conventional art settings and daily life, the book demonstrates the major influence that ecological thought has had on contemporary creative practices. These are often more concerned with subtle processes of feeling, experience and embodiment than they are with charismatic ‘eco-art’ works. In doing so, this exploratory book develops a conception of creativity as an anti-ecocide endeavour, and provides timely theoretical and practical insights on art in an age of environmental destruction.”

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