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Author: Rania Ghosn ,
El Hadi Jazairy
Publisher: Actar Publishers
Imprint: Actar Publishers
Edition: English
Dimensions:
Width: 20.50cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.510kg
ISBN: 9781940291642
ISBN 10: 194029164
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 10 May 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Exploring the relationship between architecture, design, trash, space, and urban environments, this work describes design methodology for representing political and economic geographies of trash and waste disposal. Five speculative projects for Detroit, Michigan, are presented as examples of architectural strategies to reintegrate waste management into the city. The book stems from Research on the City, an initiative at the University of Michigan s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. It will be of interest to architects, urban planners, and urban theorists interested in raising public awareness of garbage and waste disposal and how to better plan for it. Color photos, art, charts, and graphics are included throughout. --Eithne O'Leyne, Editor, ProtoView
Author Information
Rania Ghosn is an architect, geographer and partner of Design Earth. She is currently assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture + Planning. Her work critically frames the urban condition at the intersection of politics, aesthetics and technological systems - be they energy, trash, or farming. Rania holds a Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a Master in Geography from University College London, and a Bachelor of Architecture from American University of Beirut. Prior to joining University of Michigan, she was an Assistant Professor at University of Michigan. Rania is founding editor of the journal New Geographies and editor-in-chief of NG2: Landscapes of Energy. Some of her recent writings have been published in San Rocco, Journal of Architectural Education, MONU, Thresholds, Bracket, and Perspecta. El Hadi Jazairy is an architect and partner of Design Earth. He is currently assistant professor of architecture at the University of Michigan, where he teaches courses in the architecture and urban design programs. His research investigates spaces of exception Â-such as institutional campuses, free zones, and city-states- as predominant forms of contemporary urbanization. El Hadi received a Dipl(TM)me d'Architecte from La Cambre in Brussels, a Master of Architecture from Cornell University and a Doctorate of Design from Harvard University. He is a licensed architect at the Belgium National Architectural Accrediting Board. From 2000 to 2005, he collaborated with Elia Zenghelis and Xaveer de Geyter architecten. El Hadi is founding editor of the journal New Geographies and editor-in-chief of NG4: Scales of the Earth. Some of his recent work has been published in Journal of Cultural Geography, GSD Platform, San Rocco, MONU and Topos.
