[APPLIED] FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Investigating spatial phenomena in rural and urban Sub-Saharan Africa

Author:   Baerbel Mueller ,  Baerbel Mueller
Publisher:   Birkhauser
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9783035611007


Pages:   452
Publication Date:   23 January 2017
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Format:   Paperback
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[APPLIED] FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Investigating spatial phenomena in rural and urban Sub-Saharan Africa


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[a]FA is a laboratory of the Institute of Architecture of the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, in which spatial, infrastructure, ecological and cultural phenomena of the Sub-Saharan region are investigated. The concept for each project is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-cultural approach. This publication documents three projects that were carried out between 2011 and 2015. GUABULIGA _ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING in northern Ghana, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE at Ghana’s Atlantic coast, and LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR of Congo. The book illustrates the projects’ creative processes and contexts, embedded in contemporary discourses – well-known experts from architecture, art, theory, and urban sociology take a stand.

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Author:   Baerbel Mueller ,  Baerbel Mueller
Publisher:   Birkhauser
Imprint:   Birkhauser
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.109kg
ISBN:  

9783035611007


ISBN 10:   3035611009
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   23 January 2017
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Schon seit geraumer Zeit ist Baerbel Mueller, Architektin und Vorsitzende von [Applied] Foreign Affairs, mit ihren Studierenden in Afrika tatig und realisiert regionale Infrastrukturproiekte. Drei der jungsten Projekte aus Ghana und Kongo sind nun in einer 450-seitigen Publikation zusammengefasst - in einer Art Fibel fur indigenes Planen und Bauen. Den mitteleuropaischen Zeigefinger sucht man vergeblich. Stattdessen bekommt man zwischen den wissenschaftlich minutios aufbereiteten Planungs- und Kommunikationsprozessen Einblick in kulturelle und religiose Hintergrunde. In schonen Bildgeschichten werden dem Leser Mangoblatter, Cashewnusse und Reiseintopfe nahergebracht. An anderer Stelle wiederum wird Mauerhandwerk mit Korbflechtkunst und Zopfmacherei verglichen. Doch dann geht's wieder mit solaren Wasseraufbereitungsprojekten oder Bambuskuppelschalen hart zur Ingenieurssache. ... Die Welt ware eine bessere mit mehr solcher Bucher und solcher Herausgeberinnen. architektur aktuell


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Baerbel Mueller, Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna

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