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Through a sensorial reading of Brazilian modernism to challenge the generic, if not austere, appeal of Berlin’s modernist housing complexes, this book intends to reveal new potentials for existing spaces. By applying strategies of extension, insertion, and reprogramming to these prevalent structures, it combines generic urban prototypes common to the post-war era in(...)
Berlin Transfer: Hybrid Modernities
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Through a sensorial reading of Brazilian modernism to challenge the generic, if not austere, appeal of Berlin’s modernist housing complexes, this book intends to reveal new potentials for existing spaces. By applying strategies of extension, insertion, and reprogramming to these prevalent structures, it combines generic urban prototypes common to the post-war era in Europe with the untapped qualities of the visionary, utopian modernism demonstrated by its tropical counterparts in São Paulo. With designs by Paulo Mendas da Rocha, Elza Salvatori Berquó, Antonio Cunha Lima, Eduardo Longo, and others. Conceived and edited by Rainer Hehl and Ludwig Engel.
Modernism
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Investigating the architecture of big form, urban villages, and special interest zones, this book is inspired by the iconic urban sites located south of the equator and elsewhere in the developing word. Inverting the direction in which knowledge has been exported since colonial times, it reveals the conceptual and performative qualities of building complexes from the(...)
Berlin Transfer: Learning From The Global South
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Investigating the architecture of big form, urban villages, and special interest zones, this book is inspired by the iconic urban sites located south of the equator and elsewhere in the developing word. Inverting the direction in which knowledge has been exported since colonial times, it reveals the conceptual and performative qualities of building complexes from the Global South in order to inform unconventional approaches towards urban development in Berlin. With case studies in Singapore, Dhaka, Casablanca, Hong Kong, and São Paulo. Conceived and edited by Rainer Hehl and Ludwig Engel.
Modernism
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How are changing conditions in society likely to affect Germany’s built environment? What are the catalysts for transformation in its cities and regions? 'Speculations Transformations' is devoted to the social and spatial transformations that Germany will face in the future, speculating on their architectural consequences.
Speculations Transformations: considerations on the future of Germany's cities and regions
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How are changing conditions in society likely to affect Germany’s built environment? What are the catalysts for transformation in its cities and regions? 'Speculations Transformations' is devoted to the social and spatial transformations that Germany will face in the future, speculating on their architectural consequences.
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