Architecture and violence / [Book] / With text by Libero Andreotti, Annette Fierro, Elie Haddad, Dorita Hannah and Six others ;edited by Bechir Kenzari.

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Andreotti, Libero

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Barcelona : ACTAR London : Springer [distributor], 2011.Description: 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9788492861736 (paperback)
8492861738 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

720.103 22

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720.103

Summary: This is a compelling compilation of essays by international architectural theorists on the relationship of violence to space. With the events of September 11th, the London bombings, the Madrid train explosions, and the daily blasts in Baghdad, the question of violence and terrorism is imposing architectural ramifications with renewed urgency. A new sense of architectural awareness has been forged as violence is forcing its place as an architectural datum.Wide-ranging contributions approach design issues related to violence through multiple angles and intersections. We only need to flip casually through the repertoire of the built environment to realize that certain built structures (from concentration camps to separation walls, from jails to propaganda exhibitions, from slaughterhouses to suburban complexes, from illegal settlements to palaces) either sanction violence or give it a spatial ground to happen and thrive.

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Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor	720.103 AND-A 61098 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		10001000061098

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This is a compelling compilation of essays by international architectural theorists on the relationship of violence to space. With the events of September 11th, the London bombings, the Madrid train explosions, and the daily blasts in Baghdad, the question of violence and terrorism is imposing architectural ramifications with renewed urgency. A new sense of architectural awareness has been forged as violence is forcing its place as an architectural datum.Wide-ranging contributions approach design issues related to violence through multiple angles and intersections. We only need to flip casually through the repertoire of the built environment to realize that certain built structures (from concentration camps to separation walls, from jails to propaganda exhibitions, from slaughterhouses to suburban complexes, from illegal settlements to palaces) either sanction violence or give it a spatial ground to happen and thrive.

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