Don't Build, Rebuild
The Case for Imaginative Reuse in Architecture
Published on 5. November 2024
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-8070-1486-8 (ISBN)
Description
"In a time of climate crisis and housing shortages, a bold, visionary call to replace current wasteful construction practices with an architecture of reuse"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, MA
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
25 IMAGES
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-1486-8 (9780807014868)
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11/2024
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Person
Aaron Betsky
Content
INTRODUCTION
The Principles of Imaginative Reuse
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Architecture of Remains: A Short History of Reuse
CHAPTER 2
Dumpster Diving and Urban Mining: The Materials of Modern Reuse
PART II: TRADITIONS
CHAPTER 3
Ephemeral Architecture
CHAPTER 4
Ghost Architecture: Building from Accumulations of the Past
CHAPTER 5
Squatting, Installing, and Activating
PART III: USES
CHAPTER 6
Housing: Re-inhabitation
CHAPTER 7
An Architecture of Doing Nothing
CHAPTER 8
Reusing the Landscape
CHAPTER 9
The World of Imaginative Reuse: Clubs, Community Spaces, Markets, Shops
CHAPTER 10
The Monuments of Imaginative Reuse (Built from the Monuments of Industry)
PART IV: BEYOND BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 11
Faking It: Constructed Situations
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Notes
Index
The Principles of Imaginative Reuse
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Architecture of Remains: A Short History of Reuse
CHAPTER 2
Dumpster Diving and Urban Mining: The Materials of Modern Reuse
PART II: TRADITIONS
CHAPTER 3
Ephemeral Architecture
CHAPTER 4
Ghost Architecture: Building from Accumulations of the Past
CHAPTER 5
Squatting, Installing, and Activating
PART III: USES
CHAPTER 6
Housing: Re-inhabitation
CHAPTER 7
An Architecture of Doing Nothing
CHAPTER 8
Reusing the Landscape
CHAPTER 9
The World of Imaginative Reuse: Clubs, Community Spaces, Markets, Shops
CHAPTER 10
The Monuments of Imaginative Reuse (Built from the Monuments of Industry)
PART IV: BEYOND BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 11
Faking It: Constructed Situations
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Notes
Index