Elemental: Incremental Housing and Participatory Design Manual

By: Alejandro Aravena and Andrés Iacobelli

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Synopsis: What began as an academic initiative to improve the quality of life of the poor strata of the population has now become a professional “do tank” offering services that cover the entire spectrum of urban development. The celebrated Chilean architect, winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize and Director of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, Alejandro Aravena (born 1967) founded Elemental in 2001 in his hometown with the goal of alleviating social deprivation directly instead of hoping for a balance of income relations. Besides building public facilities and public housing, Elemental also develops new approaches for the reorganization of resources and the potential of cities by means of projects devoted to infrastructure and transportation. This volume, first published in 2013 and now back in print, documents the social activity and history of the international architectural team and sheds light on its financing strategies, for example through participatory building.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 512 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9783775741422
Publisher:: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH & Co KG
Date of Addition:: 12/17/19
Copyrighted By:: Alejandro Aravena
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Caroline Walker
Proofread By:: N/A
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.