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Author:   Regine Hess ,  Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler ,  Tzafrir Fainholtz ,  Yael Allweil
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
ISBN:  

9789462704046

ISBN 10:   946270404
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   15 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Regine Hess, Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler, Tzafrir Fainholtz, and Yael Allweil PART 1 — HOUSING AS ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL Chapter 1. Toward a Democratic Architecture: Norwegian Experiments in Timber Maryia Rusak Chapter 2. Assembling a Home: Politics, Trauma, and the Finnish Export of Prefabricated Homes Mia Åkerfelt, Tzafrir Fainholtz, and Anna Wilczyńska Chapter 3. Prefabricating a Nation: The Neighborhood of Ramat HaNasi in Bat Yam, Israel, by Architect Yitzhaq Perlstein Daphna Levine and Liat Savin Ben Shoshan Chapter 4. The Reconstruction of Post-Earthquake Skopje: An International Collection of Prefabricated Houses in the Cold War Era Tamara Bjažić Klarin PART 2 — CONVENTIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IN NEW NEIGHBORHOODS Chapter 5. Another Slab, Sheet, and Brick in the Wall: The Surge of Prefabrication in Israeli Housing, 1960–1980 Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler and Yael Allweil Chapter 6. Massive Blocks for Soviet Mass Housing: Standardization and Prefabrication in the Soviet Union Angelo Bertolazzi Chapter 7. Thamesmead: Prefabrication between Utopia and Dystopia Alberto Franchini PART 3 — EXHIBITIONS AND PROTOTYPES: ARCHITECTURAL MEDIATION THROUGH PREFABRICATION Chapter 8. Halls, “Huts,” and Houses: Large Exhibitions, Prefabrication, and Housing Regine Hess Chapter 9. The Milan Triennale Exhibitions and the Debate on Prefabrication in Postwar Italy Ilaria Giannetti and Stefania Mornati Chapter 10. The Living Cell Typology: Exploring Le Corbusier’s Vision through His Cabanon de vacances Maria Tassopoulou Afterword: How to Build? On the Handling of Existing and Newly Constructed Buildings Silke Langenberg References Contributors Index

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This is an up-to-date book on a challenging subject. It presents innovative ideas on the conservation and reuse of prefabrication in architecture. - Ana Tostões, University of Lisbon

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Regine Hess is a habilitation candidate at Technical University of Munich. Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler is an associate professor at Sapir Academic College. Tzafrir Fainholtz is a visiting researcher at Åbo Akademi University, Turku. Yael Allweil is an associate professor at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

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