Sumita Singha

Architecture for Rapid Change and Scarce Resources

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Architects, development practitioners and designers are working in a global environment and issues such as environmental and cultural sustainability matter more than ever. Past interactions and interventions between developed and developing countries have often been unequal and inappropriate. We now need to embrace a new paradigm for architectural practice based on respect for diversity and equality, participation and empowerment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781849711159
• ISBN-10: 1849711151
• Artikelnr.: 33321708

Autorenporträt

Sumita Sinha is a practising architect and teacher, who has worked in India, Serbia, France, Spain, Venezuela and the UK. Sumita is the founder of Architects For Change, the Equality Forum at the Royal Institute of British Architects. Sumita is the recipient of many awards including the UIA:UNESCO International Design Award and the Atkins Inspire Award 2008.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Nick Baker. Preface Part 1 1. Introduction: Architecture of
Rapid Change and Scarce Resources 2. Big Games and Small Money 3. Gypsies,
Tramps and Thieves: The Story of Cities and Slums Part 2 4. Materials and
Technology 5. Learning from Tradition: Sustainable Cities 6. Participatory
Design for Scarce Sources and Rapid Change Part 3 7. Culture, Ethics and
other Traveling Discomforts 8. Observing and Recording the 'Soft' City
Tools and (Cautionary) Tales 9. The Development Activist and New Ways of
Working. Appendix. Further Contacts and References.