Bouwkunst, architectuur (6)
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It's all happening so fast
a counter-history of the modern Canadian environment
2016 || Paperback || Lev Bratishenko e.a. || Jap Sam Books
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Le temps presse
une contre-histoire environnementale du Canada moderne
2016 || Paperback || Mirko Zardini e.a. || Jap Sam Books
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FOOTPRINT 18 Vol 10/1 Constellation of Awakening: Benjamin and Architecture
2016 || Paperback || Patrick Healy e.a. || Jap Sam Books
In Das Passagen-Werk Benjamin cites a letter from Marx to Ruge, 'the reform of consciousness consists solely in [...] the awakening of the world from its dream about itself.' This idea of awakening recurs in Benjamin's methodological considerations and his many metaphors during the final thirteen years of his life. Benjamin set himself the pedagogical task of awakening 'the image-making medium within us, raising it to a stereoscopic and dimensional seeing into the depths of historical shadows...
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Footprint 17 Vol 9/2 The 'Bread & Butter'of Architecture: Investigating Everyday Practices
2016 || Paperback || Nelson Mota e.a. || Jap Sam Books
The canon of western contemporary architecture has overlooked everyday, 'salaried' architecture - overwhelming as it may have turned out to be in our built environment - praising instead the solo designer and his ground-breaking work.
Since World War I, the social role of the architect (in terms both of his or her place in social hierarchies and of his or her contribution for social betterment) seems to have been primarily tested, and largely consolidated, in 'departmental architecture'. Yet...
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DIY KLARENSTRAAT. Zelfbouw en de herontdekking van de portiekflat / A new perspective on the post-war social housing flat
zelfbouw en de herontdekking van de portiekflat / a new perspective on the post-war social housing block
2017 || Paperback || Patricia van Ulzen e.a. || Jap Sam Books
Nederland staat vol met naoorlogse portiekflats. Deze type woningen, ooit gebouwd om in de woningnood na de Tweede Wereldoorlog te voorzien, zijn nu grotendeels verouderd, en voldoen niet meer aan de eisen en wensen van huidige bewoners en mogelijke nieuwe woningzoekenden. Een belangrijke vraag die gesteld kan worden is: Heeft de portiekflat nog toekomst?
De portiekflat in de U.J. Klarenstraat in Amsterdam-Slotervaart toont aan dat gedateerde portiekflats zeker nog niet afgeschreven hoeven te...
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Footprint 19 Spaces of Conflict
Delft architecture theory journal
2017 || Paperback || Malkit Shoshan e.a. || Jap Sam Books
The terrorist attacks at the start of the 21st century catapulted the issue of space and conflict into the forefront of architectural debates. As a result, existing and newly emerging national, religious and ethnic conflicts in relation to urban space became the focus of attention in architecture. Though military thinking had already had a long-standing tradition in architectural history, the sudden emergence of new spaces of conflict considerably altered architectural discourse. Extreme cond...