architects without frontiers

Architects without frontiers | 2006 | Architectural Press
War, reconstruction and design responsability

Esther Charlesworth, Director of the 'City Edge' International Urban Design series, and Director of ‘Architects Without Frontiers’. Melbourne, Australia.


Description

From the targeted demolition of Mostar's Stari-Most Bridge in 1993 to the physical and social havoc caused by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the history of cities is often a history of destruction and reconstruction. But what political and aesthetic criteria should guide us in the rebuilding of cities devastated by war and natural calamities?

 

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Binding: Paperback
Extent: 288 pages
Format: 165 X 234 mm
ISBN: 978-0-7506-6840-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6840-7
  • Extremely pertinent in the wake of war in Iraq and the tsunami disaster of 2004
  • First book of its kind aimed at the imprortance of architects as reconstuctors
  • Highlights and defines the role of the architect in using urban design to integrate and heal communities

Through selected case studies, Charlesworth examines the role of architects, planners, urban designers and landscape architects in three cities following conflict - Beirut, Nicosia and Mostar - three cities where the mental and physical scars of violent conflict still remain. This book expands the traditional role of the architect from 'hero' to 'peacemaker' and discusses how design educators can stretch their wings to encompass the proliferating agendas and sites of civil unrest.

Contents

Lines of Contention – Zones of Connection
Architects and war; Archetypes; Beirut – City as heart VS. city as Spine; Nicosia – Reconstruction as Resolution; Mostar –
Reconstruction as Reconciliation; from zones of contention to Lines of Connection –
Implications for the Design Profession; Architects without frontiers – Implications for Design Education;

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