Title & Author:

Testify! : the consequences of architecture / edited by Lukas Feireiss ; introduction by Ole Bouman.

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, 2011.

Description:

242 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
"This book gathers 25 projects from around the globe that have taken the chance to open themselves up to critical self-reflection, submitting to a non-biased evaluation of their work from a lived-in perspective."--P. 19.
Published to coincide with the international travelling exhibition of the same name by the Netherlands Architecture Institute.
Introduction : Architecture and its consequences / Ole Bouman -- Reality bites!: Embracing the humane in architecture / Lukas Feireiss --1. Urban acupuncture: reprogramming the city : Open air library / Karo* with Architektur+Netzwerk -- Project row houses / Rick Lowe -- Eichbaumoper / Raumlabor Berlin -- Cinema Jenin / Cinema Jenin E.V. -- Parque explora / Alejandro Echeverri Arquitetos -- Lisboa7 / At103, Francisco Pardo and Julio Amezcua -- Energy neutral monument / Zecc Architecten -- 2. Smooth operators: interventions in the public realm : Bogotá change / Antanas Mockus and Enrique Peñalosa -- Estonoesunsolar / Grávalos di Monte Arquitectos -- Le 65/Eco-Interstice / Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (AAA) -- Favela painting / Haas & Hahn, Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn -- Skateistan / Skateistan, ACCL, ANOC, Oliver Percovich -- 3. Reach out: spaces for learning and community : Bridge school / Li Xiaodong Atelier -- Maria Grazia Cutuli Primary School / 2A+P, IAN+, and Mao, Emmeazero with Mario Cutuli -- SOS children's villages Lavezzorio Community Center / Studio Gang Architects -- Inkwenkwezi Secondary School / Noero Wolff Architects with Sonja Spamer Architects -- Old Market Library / Tyin Tegnestue with Kasama Yamtree -- Ahmed Baba Centre / DHK Architects and Twothink -- Inujima art project, Seirensho / Hiroshi Sambuichi Architects -- 4. Exploring horizons: pushing the boundaries of architecture : Nai Matchmaking / The Netherlands Architecture Institute -- The Winter School Middle East / Markus Miessen and Zahra Ali Baba -- Copenhagen Wheel: CO2GO / Senseable City Laboratory -- Metropolitan Protogarden / Ecologicstudio, Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto -- Drivers of change / Arup Foresight -- Decologizing art/architecture Residency (DAAR) / Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti, Eyal Weizman.

Summary:

"This book challenges the cross-examination of our built environment as the sole provenance of the architect and attempts to interweave architectural discourse into the very fabric of society."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9056628232 (pbk.)
9789056628239 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture et société.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Modern

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Tentoonstellingen (vorm)

Added entries:

Feireiss, Lukas.
Bouman, Ole.
Nederlands Architectuurinstituut

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275735
Call No.: BIB 210084
Status: Available