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This third volume in the “Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Form” series addresses contemporary power relations and their effects on urban and natural landscapes. Edited by Marc Angélil and Rainer Hehl, it explores geopolitics in the Amazon, Ecuador’s infrastructural subtraction, circulatory urbanism in Mumbai and urban development on Brazil’s frontier. It traces(...)
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This third volume in the “Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Form” series addresses contemporary power relations and their effects on urban and natural landscapes. Edited by Marc Angélil and Rainer Hehl, it explores geopolitics in the Amazon, Ecuador’s infrastructural subtraction, circulatory urbanism in Mumbai and urban development on Brazil’s frontier. It traces(...)
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Empower! Essays on the political economy + political ecology of urban form, vol.3
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This third volume in the “Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Form” series addresses contemporary power relations and their effects on urban and natural landscapes. Edited by Marc Angélil and Rainer Hehl, it explores geopolitics in the Amazon, Ecuador’s infrastructural subtraction, circulatory urbanism in Mumbai and urban development on Brazil’s frontier. It traces the economic exploitation and anthropology that drove widespread ecocide in the Amazon basin, and how accessible rail transport in India challenges artificial distinctions between urban and rural.
Empower! Essays on the political economy + political ecology of urban form, vol.3
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This third volume in the “Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Form” series addresses contemporary power relations and their effects on urban and natural landscapes. Edited by Marc Angélil and Rainer Hehl, it explores geopolitics in the Amazon, Ecuador’s infrastructural subtraction, circulatory urbanism in Mumbai and urban development on Brazil’s frontier. It traces the economic exploitation and anthropology that drove widespread ecocide in the Amazon basin, and how accessible rail transport in India challenges artificial distinctions between urban and rural.
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August 2014
August 2014
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Critical Theory
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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(...)
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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(...)
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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.
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.
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March 2016
March 2016
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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(...)
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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(...)
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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.
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.
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March 2016
March 2016
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In 2009, Brazil launched a low-cost housing programme to fill a deficit of seven million homes. This publication, produced by the MAS Urban Design Programme, examines the project at a critical time and presents ways to improve it. Three chapters review its history and implementation, the ingenuity of Brazilian architecture, and present proposals for housing based not on(...)
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In 2009, Brazil launched a low-cost housing programme to fill a deficit of seven million homes. This publication, produced by the MAS Urban Design Programme, examines the project at a critical time and presents ways to improve it. Three chapters review its history and implementation, the ingenuity of Brazilian architecture, and present proposals for housing based not on(...)
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Minha Casa - nossa cidade! : innovative mass housing for social change in Brazil
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In 2009, Brazil launched a low-cost housing programme to fill a deficit of seven million homes. This publication, produced by the MAS Urban Design Programme, examines the project at a critical time and presents ways to improve it. Three chapters review its history and implementation, the ingenuity of Brazilian architecture, and present proposals for housing based not on private ownership but on the greater vision for the city as a common project.
Minha Casa - nossa cidade! : innovative mass housing for social change in Brazil
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In 2009, Brazil launched a low-cost housing programme to fill a deficit of seven million homes. This publication, produced by the MAS Urban Design Programme, examines the project at a critical time and presents ways to improve it. Three chapters review its history and implementation, the ingenuity of Brazilian architecture, and present proposals for housing based not on private ownership but on the greater vision for the city as a common project.
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November 2013
November 2013
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Collective Housing
Collective Housing
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Since 2008, there has been a renewed search for alternative forms of housing production that can move beyond speculative interests and are based instead on models of co-ownership, co-production, and co-management. Hence the concept of the cooperative has experienced a true renaissance in recent years. This book explores how cooperative housing construction and forms of(...)
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Since 2008, there has been a renewed search for alternative forms of housing production that can move beyond speculative interests and are based instead on models of co-ownership, co-production, and co-management. Hence the concept of the cooperative has experienced a true renaissance in recent years. This book explores how cooperative housing construction and forms of(...)
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Housing the co-op; a micro-political manifesto
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Since 2008, there has been a renewed search for alternative forms of housing production that can move beyond speculative interests and are based instead on models of co-ownership, co-production, and co-management. Hence the concept of the cooperative has experienced a true renaissance in recent years. This book explores how cooperative housing construction and forms of self-determined building production might offer effective solutions to the global housing crisis, moving us closer to a more equitable and sustainable future through systematic change. With case studies from Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Uruguay, Ethiopia, and China, as well as a glossary of important terms.
Housing the co-op; a micro-political manifesto
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Since 2008, there has been a renewed search for alternative forms of housing production that can move beyond speculative interests and are based instead on models of co-ownership, co-production, and co-management. Hence the concept of the cooperative has experienced a true renaissance in recent years. This book explores how cooperative housing construction and forms of self-determined building production might offer effective solutions to the global housing crisis, moving us closer to a more equitable and sustainable future through systematic change. With case studies from Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Uruguay, Ethiopia, and China, as well as a glossary of important terms.
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May 2020
May 2020
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Collective Housing
Collective Housing
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The first volume in a forthcoming series developed in conjunction with the Urban Mutations on the Edge seminar at the ETH, Zurich. The collection of essays presents a cross-section of urban informality by drawing from specific case studies in Serbia, Morocco, and India as well as broader theoretical frameworks.
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The first volume in a forthcoming series developed in conjunction with the Urban Mutations on the Edge seminar at the ETH, Zurich. The collection of essays presents a cross-section of urban informality by drawing from specific case studies in Serbia, Morocco, and India as well as broader theoretical frameworks.
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Informalize! Essays on the political economy of urban form, vol.1
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The first volume in a forthcoming series developed in conjunction with the Urban Mutations on the Edge seminar at the ETH, Zurich. The collection of essays presents a cross-section of urban informality by drawing from specific case studies in Serbia, Morocco, and India as well as broader theoretical frameworks.
Informalize! Essays on the political economy of urban form, vol.1
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The first volume in a forthcoming series developed in conjunction with the Urban Mutations on the Edge seminar at the ETH, Zurich. The collection of essays presents a cross-section of urban informality by drawing from specific case studies in Serbia, Morocco, and India as well as broader theoretical frameworks.
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June 2012
June 2012
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
