Learning from… São Paulo
Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
22 April 2010
Learning from… São Paulo
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Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
Learning from... Luanda
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
1 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Learning from-- São Paulo = L'enseignement de-- São Paulo.
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319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, ©2013.
Urban design ecologies / edited by Brian McGrath.
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Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, ©2013.
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xviii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000.
The social sustainability of cities : diversity and the management of change / edited by Mario Polèse and Richard Stren.
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Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000.
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xix, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Architecture and resilience : interdisciplinary dialogues / edited by Kim Trogal, Irena Bauman, Ranald Lawrence and Doina Petrescu.
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xix, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
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168 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Wien ; New York : Springer, ©2006.
Brazilian conditions : complex and simple / Integrated Design Studio ; Rüdiger Lainer, Sabina Riss, Dieter Spath ; essays by Rudolf Kohoutek.
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168 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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Wien ; New York : Springer, ©2006.
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lxxii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
Longevity hubs : regional innovation for global aging / edited by Joseph F. Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto.
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lxxii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
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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.
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