| #1981771 in eBooks | 2014-06-27 | 2014-06-27 | File type: PDF||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| I loved the interviews with architects such as Shiguru Ban who ...|By MargaretWertheim|Esther Charlesworth's much needed text, "Humanitarian Architecture", allows us to reconsider the role of architecture in the lives of "ordinary people" and to reexamine the place of this "noble art" in the restoration of communities after traumatic events such as earthquakes, tsunamis and war|||'What is humanitarian architecture? What is the role of architects and designers in the field of humanitarian action? This collection of personal stories and practical experiences provides a much needed insight into the business of post-disaster shelter, from
Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities. In 2011, more people were displaced by natural disasters (42 million) than by wars and armed conflicts. And yet the number of architects equipped to deal with rebuilding the aftermath of these floods, fires, earthquake, typhoons and tsunamis is chronically short.
This book documents and analyses the expanding ro...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Humanitarian Architecture: 15 stories of architects working after disaster | Esther Charlesworth. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
