Freedom of use / Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Graduate School of Design ; Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2015]
©2015

93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Incidents

"Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal are known for an architecture that privileges inhabitants' freedom and pleasure through generous, open designs. The Paris-based architects opened their 2015 lecture at Harvard University with a manifesto: study and create an inventory of the existing situation; densify without compressing individual space; promote user mobility, access, choice; and most importantly, never demolish. Freedom of Use reflects on these core values to present a fluid narrative of Lacaton and Vassal's oeuvre, articulated through processes of accumulation, addition, and extension. The architects describe built and unbuilt work, from a house in Niger made of little more than branches; to the expansive Nantes School of Architecture; to a public square in Bordeaux where, after months of study, their design solution was: do nothing."--Sternberg Press website (viewed Sept. 29, 2015)

9783956791734
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Lacaton, Anne, 1955-
Vassal, Jean-Philippe, 1954-
Lacaton & Vassal Bordeaux
Architecture 21st century.
Architecture and society.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture et société.
Architecture.
Architektur
(fast)Lacaton, Anne, 1955-
(fast)Vassal, Jean-Philippe, 1954-
(fast)2000 - 2099
(fast)Architecture.
(fast)Architecture and society.

Lectures.

Lacaton, Anne, 1955- speaker.
Vassal, Jean-Philippe, 1954- speaker.
Incidents (Sternberg Press)

Location: Library main 293121
Call No.: BIB 237772
Status: Available