Reporting from the Front: 15th International Architecture Exhibition: 15th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition - Softcover

Aravena, Alejandro

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ISBN 10: 8831723774 ISBN 13: 9788831723770

Verlag: Marsilio, 2016

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The official catalog of the 15th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition. More and more people on the planet are looking for a decent place to live, even though the chances to find one are becoming tougher and tougher by the hour. Nevertheless, on the frontlines of the built environment there lingers a sense of vitality that brings architecture to look at reality in a positive way. This is what people will see at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition: success stories and exemplary cases where architecture has made, is making, and will make a difference. Reporting from the Front aims at explaining to a broader audience what it means to improve the quality of life while working on the margins, under heavy circumstances, and facing pressing challenges. And what it is like to be on the cutting edge trying to conquer new fields.

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Alejandro Aravena established Alejandro Aravena Architects in 1994. His work includes several buildings for the Universidad Cátolica de Chile (1998 to 2014), the St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas (2008), writer’s cabins for the Jan Michalski Foundation in Switzerland (2015), A building for Novartis in China (2015). From 2000 to 2005, he was professor at Harvard University. The many awards he has won include the Pritzker Architecture Prize (Madrid, 2016), the Design of the Year (London Design Museum, 2015), and the Silver Lion at the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale (Italy, 2008), the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (France, 2007), and the Erich Schelling Architecture Medal (Germany, 2006).

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The official catalogue of the 15th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition.

More and more people on the planet are looking for a decent place to live even though that is becoming harder and harder to achieve. In an increasingly complex world, attempts to create good architecture while overcoming material realities and difficult circumstances are always challenging. But many architects and communities the world over are rising to these challenges and are going beyond "business as usual".
The 15th International Architecture Exhibition will be all about these success stories and exemplary cases where architecture has made, is making, and will make a difference in the lives of everyday people by achieving what has previously seemed impossible.
Reporting from the Front aims to explain to a broad audience what it means to improve the quality of life while working on the margins of society, often under adverse conditions, while facing pressing challenges, all while producing significant work.
If we can learn from architectural practices that despite the scarcity of means intensify what is available instead of highlighting what is missing, we can understand what design tools are needed to overcome and subvert the forces that favor individual gain over collective benefit, that reduce We to just Me. We can come to an architecture that introduces a broader notion of gain: design as added value instead of an extra cost. Reporting from the Front will not be just a chronicle of passive witness but a testimony to work that balances hope and rigor in the quest for an architecture of the public good.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Marsilio
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 8831723774
• ISBN 13: 9788831723770
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 730
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar