Architects without frontiers : war, reconstruction and design responsibility
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford,Amsterdam,New York etc Architectural Press 2006Description: xiii,175pISBN:- 0750668407
- 720.103 CHA
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CONTENTS List of figures ix Foreword xi Acknowledgementsxiii From lines of contention to zones of connection I Three case studies 3 Post-war odyssey 5 The rise in civil conflict 8 The post-war city as an opportunity 9 Disintegrating cities I I Existing research 14 Trauma-glam? 17 The professions: architecture, planning and urban design I 8 Architecture 18 Urban planning 19 Urban design 21 Road map 22 Architects and war 25 Tabula rasa versus facsimile cities 26 Democracy versus autocracy: Lhc role of architects after 30 the Second World War Contemporary practice 32 Urbicide:the city as target 34 Archetypes 37 Architects as palhologists 38 Architects as heroes 40 Architects as historicists 41 Architects as colonialists 42 Architects as social reformers 44 Architects as educators 47 Summary 49 Beirut - city as heart versus city as spine Urban paradox The cycle of destruction and reconstruction The Green Line City as heart: Solidere as messiah? Colonial visions Post war master plans for Beirut's reconstruction Urban surgery Lessons learnt Nicosia - reconstruction as resolution Background to partition Drawing the Green Line 1 he Nicosia master plan The bi-communal sewerage project Collaboration Negotiating tools Pilot projects Mostar - reconstruction as reconciliation The civil war and Mostar Dividing lines: the Boulevard Reconstruction without reconciliation Barriers to reconstruction Misguided priorities? Economic and social barriers Reconstruction to date; an assessment Lessons learnt 111 From zones of contention to lines of connection - implications for the design profession 115 Redevelopment as an economic generator I 17 Golden moments I 19 Centre versus periphery I 20 Towards an operational framework: the three 'p' principles 121 Proactive roles for architects 127 Mobilization 131 Conclusion 132 Architects without frontiers - implications for design education 135 Studio processes 137 Dividing Line studio l:The Boulevard studio, Mostar 1998 138 Dividing Line studio II: Demarcating Spaces, Beirut, 2000 142 Dividing Line studio III: It is about time? Nicosia, 2002 149 Studio outcomes 154 Guiding principles 156 In search of socially engaged architects 159 Bibliograph 163 Further Reading 169 Index 171
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