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Art and Culture for Flood Prevention
Avoiding floods is becoming a global imperative. As design specialists, we not only have to collaborate within interdisciplinary teams to reduce the probability of flooding, but we also have to think about new strategies for an adequate defence design that can ultimately really improve the quality of places. By emphasising the the word “Culture”, we confirm the conviction that Desig…
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L'Ancien hôpital de Soleure et sa pharmacie
L'ancien hôpital avec l'église du Saint-Esprit à Soleure est un exemple impressionnant d'un bâtiment hospitalier du 18e siècle. En 1788, les sœurs grises, formées en France et dans le Jura, viennent à Soleure. Grâce au dévouement des sœurs, l'unique pharmacie de l'hôpital datant de 1789 est exceptionnellement bien conservée et témoigne du fonctionnement de l'ancien hôpital. Aprè…
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J.M.W. Turner. Gandolfo to Naples
Questa monografia raccoglie e sistematizza analisi grafiche e valutazioni critiche su JMW Turner, quale disegnatore d’architettura e di paesaggi, in relazione al suo primo viaggio in Italia durante il quale visitò la Campania dall’entroterra alle coste tirreniche.Attingendo al prezioso patrimonio di disegni conservati presso la Tate di Londra, l’autore ha approfondito l…
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Das Alte Spital und die Spitalapotheke in Solothurn
Das Alte Spital mit der Kirche zum Heiligen Geist in Solothurn ist ein eindrückliches Beispiel eines Spitalbaus aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. 1788 kamen die in Frankreich und im Jura ausgebildeten Sœurs grises nach Solothurn. Dank dem Engagement der Schwestern ist die einzigartige Spitalapotheke von 1789 aussergewöhnlich gut erhalten und zeugt vom einstigen Spitalbetrieb. Nach drei Standortwechse…
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Le Logiche degli ArtefattiProgettazione Generativa dall'Architettura al Diseg…
Questo volume racchiude la sintesi della ricerca svolta nel campo della Progettazione Generativa. Tale percorso esplorativo si colloca sulla linea bordo di un rapporto di reciproca fecondità fra l'attività di progettazione e l'intelligenza artificiale. Quest'ultima intesa come volano di trasmissione che muove dall'applicazione dei sistemi esperti e giunge alla realizzazione di algoritmi in gr…
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Models and World MakingBodies, Buildings, Black Boxes
From climate change forecasts and pandemic maps to Lego sets and Ancestry algorithms, models encompass our world and our lives. In her thought-provoking new book, Annabel Wharton begins with a definition drawn from the quantitative sciences and the philosophy of science but holds that history and critical cultural theory are essential to a fuller understanding of modeling. Considering changes i…
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Cities in transitionSUSTAINABILITY, FORMAL AND INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, MEMORY O…
While living, working and contributing in our cities, it is quite impossible not being confronted with the frenetic development of their [our cities] reality. This is often an uncontrollable development, which is deeply connected with important economic, social and cultural factors, but at the same time connected with many complex problems. Therefore, they deserve the special attention of resea…
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The Petropolis of Tomorrow
In recent years, Brazil has discovered vast quantities of petroleum deep within its territorial waters, inciting the construction of a series of cities along its coast and in the ocean. We could term these developments as Petropolises, or cities formed from resource extraction. The Petropolis of Tomorrow is a design and research project, originally undertaken at Rice University that examines th…
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Schola novissimaCriteri e modelli di ecodesign per gli spazi educativi | Ecod…
La condizione attuale della scuola impone una profonda riflessione sui modelli didattici in uso e sui principi che determinano limmagine e la funzionalità dei suoi spazi. Negli edifici antichi riadattati, come nelle strutture appositamente concepite, la scuola italiana mostra degli evidenti limiti funzionali che ostacolano il raggiungimento di obiettivi educativi e didattici per le nuove…
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(Re)Stitch TampaRiverfront-Designing the Post-War Coastal American City throu…
(Re)stitch Tampa, an international design ideas competition, challenged designers to consider innovative design ideas and strategies, employing connective urban landscapes and ecological infrastructure as an underlying framework for the post-war coastal city. The competition brief posited that this framework might operate as a catalyst for the economic redevelopment, as well as the landscape an…
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