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Reconsidering Tropical Architecture and Urbanism Narratives of Disease, Discomfort, Development and Disaster

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Beschreibung

Explores the complex factors - from climate to colonialism - that have shaped ideas of tropical architecture from the eighteenth century to the present.

Beschreibung

Explores the complex factors - from climate to colonialism - that have shaped ideas of tropical architecture from the eighteenth century to the present.

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Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum

15.04.2027
Abbildungen

70 bw illus
Herausgeber Deborah van der Plaat + weitere

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum

15.04.2027
Abbildungen

70 bw illus
Herausgeber
Verlag Bloomsbury Academic
Seitenzahl

272
Maße (L/B/H)

23,4/15,6/2,5 cm
Gewicht

454 g
Sprache

Englisch
ISBN

978-1-350-40686-5
Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • 1. Introduction: Disease, Discomfort, Development and Disaster: Reconsidering Tropical Architecture and Urbanism, Deborah van der Plaat (University of Queensland, Australia), Vandana Baweja (University of Florida, USA) & Tom Avermaete (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

    Part I: Disease
    2. "Crise du Logement": Migration and the Architectural Prophylactics of Hygiene and Housing in Postwar Tunisia, Morocco - Nancy Demerdash-Fatemi (College for Creative Studies in Detroit, USA)
    3. Maintaining Appearances: Tropical Zoning and Narratives of Race and Disease in Darwin's 1937 Town Plan - Deborah van der Plaat (University of Queensland, Australia)
    4. A Safe and Accessible Tropics: The Screened Patio in Mid-century Florida - Allan Shulman (University of Miami, USA)

    Part II: Discomfort
    5. Counternarratives of Tropicality, Race, and Climate: Sunshine and Orientation in Robert Law Weed's Interwar Tropical Homes in Miami, Florida - Vandana Baweja (University of Florida, USA)
    6. The Barrack in the Former Belgian Congo: From a Tool of Tropical Settlement to a Machine for Living - Dalia Perziani (Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
    7. U.S. Domesticated Tropics: Architectural Visions and Comfort in Southern California, Hawai'i and Florida - Henry Knight Lozano (University of Exeter, UK)

    Part III: Development
    8. Tropical Urbanism in the Development Age: The Urban Norms and Forms of the United Nations' Technical Assistance - Tom Avermaete (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
    9. "Land is Life:" Resettling Indigenous Identity in Martial Law Philippines - Will Davis (independent scholar)
    10. Remote Self-Help Housing for Aboriginal People: Architectural Prototypes in the 1970s - Tim O'Rourke (University of Queensland, Australia)

    Part IV: Disaster
    11. From Emergency Aid to Reconstruction: The Hassan II Hospital within Agadir's International Relief Operation after the 1960 Earthquake - Cathelijne Nuijsink (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
    12. An Alluvial Archipelago: Islands of Forced Labour and Pervasive Disaster in Louisiana's Delta Country - William (Bill) Taylor (University of Western Australia, Australia)

    Bibliography
    Index