
Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design
Wiley (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 8. May 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-118-36159-7 (ISBN)
Description
Delve deep into the complex issues surrounding humanitarian design Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design establishes essential foundations for thinking about humanitarian design and its role in global change. Outlining a vital framework for designing for impoverished and disaster-stricken communities, this informative guide explores the integration of culture, art, architecture, economy, ecology, health, and education. Experts on land, health, water, housing, education, and planning weigh in with best practices and critical considerations during the design process, and discussion of the environmental considerations and local materials/skills will broaden your understanding of this nuanced specialty. Richly illustrated, this guide combines graphic documentation of projects, maps, and data-tracking developments from Asia, Africa, and the Americas to underscore the complexities of this emerging and evolving field.
The ambition to provide humanitarian architecture for areas in acute need is driving design innovation worldwide among both practitioners and educators. This book provides an indispensable resource for those engaged in the search for the sustainable inclusion of cultural code and compassion as a technology for design innovation.
Learn how to approach the problem of humanitarian design
Understand the cultural factors that play into development
Develop a new framework for planning post-disaster design
See how humanitarian design is pushing the industry forward
While still in college, students are being given the opportunity to directly participate in programmes that provide vital facilities for communities abroad. While these international initiatives remain largely ad hoc, this book provides parameters for engagement and establishes best practices for approaching these projects with a global perspective. With expert insight and practical strategies on the ground, Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design is an essential resource for architects at any level.
The ambition to provide humanitarian architecture for areas in acute need is driving design innovation worldwide among both practitioners and educators. This book provides an indispensable resource for those engaged in the search for the sustainable inclusion of cultural code and compassion as a technology for design innovation.
Learn how to approach the problem of humanitarian design
Understand the cultural factors that play into development
Develop a new framework for planning post-disaster design
See how humanitarian design is pushing the industry forward
While still in college, students are being given the opportunity to directly participate in programmes that provide vital facilities for communities abroad. While these international initiatives remain largely ad hoc, this book provides parameters for engagement and establishes best practices for approaching these projects with a global perspective. With expert insight and practical strategies on the ground, Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design is an essential resource for architects at any level.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-36159-7 (9781118361597)
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Alice Min Soo Chun | Irene E. Brisson
Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design
E-Book
05/2015
Wiley
€32.99
Available for download

Alice Min Soo Chun | Irene E. Brisson
Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design
E-Book
04/2015
Wiley
€32.99
Available for download
Persons
Alice Min Soo Chun is assistant professor of design and material culture at Parsons The New School for Design, with a focus on material technology and renewable energy. She is CEO and president of FAARM, a non-profit organisation, dedicated to humanitarian design efforts worldwide and co-founder of Solight Design, a design startup in New York City. She has taught architecture at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Arizona, and has been building award-winning community outreach projects. Her work has been published in the New York Times, Architectural Record, Dwell and the Journal of Architectural Education, the Herald Tribune and the New York Observer.
Irene Brisson is a designer and educator interested in the development and implementation of equitable design processes. As vice-president of FAARM she has led design and research projects in southern Haiti since 2010. An alumna of Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she has taught at Parsons the New School for Design and Bowling Green State University and is a doctoral student in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.
Irene Brisson is a designer and educator interested in the development and implementation of equitable design processes. As vice-president of FAARM she has led design and research projects in southern Haiti since 2010. An alumna of Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she has taught at Parsons the New School for Design and Bowling Green State University and is a doctoral student in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.
Content
8 Introduction
Ground Rules for Humanitarian Design
18 Part 1 - Histories of Humanitarian Design and Aid
20 Humanitarian Design
Notes for a Definition
Christian Hubert and Ioanna Theocharopoulou
36 Fifty Years of the Community-Led Incremental Development
Paradigm for Urban Housing and Place-Making
John FC Turner and Patrick Wakely
56 Part 2 - Land
58 Real Estate and Property Rights in Humanitarian Design
Jesse M Keenan
70 Remediating Ecocide
Alice Min Soo Chun
86 Part 3 - Crisis in Health and Culture
88 Crisis Architecture
Conflict, Cultures of Displacement and Crisis-forms
J Yolande Daniels
98 Emergency Medical Structures
Sabrina Plum
110 Part 4 - Water and Sanitation
112 Fluid Matters
On Water and Design
Elizabeth Parker
124 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions
Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage to Reduce the Burden of Diarrhoeal Disease in Developing Countries
Daniele Lantagne
134 Part 5 - Ecology and Humanitarian Design
136 Architectures of Eco-Literacy
Eric Hoeweler and J Meejin Yoon
142 Circling Research with Design
NLE's African Water Cities Project and Prototype Floating School for Makoko
Kunle Adeyemi
148 Part 6 - Local Materials and Local Skills
150 Intelligent Materials and Technology
Alice Min Soo Chun
168 One City
Merritt Bulcholz
176 Part 7 - Shelter and Housing
178 Missing Scales
Deborah Gans
192 reCOVER
Emergency Shelter Interventions
Anselmo G Canfora
210 Part 8 - Education and Practice
212 Humanitarian Architecture Is Hip. Now What?
Eric Cesal
218 Reading Codes Is a Whole New World
Grainne Hassett
238 Part 9 - Architecture, Planning and Politics
240 Delmas 32
A Post-Disaster Planning Experience in Haiti
Sabine Malebranche
250 Building On, Over, With
Postcolonialism and Humanitarian Design
Irene E Brisson
258 Select Bibliography
259 Index
Ground Rules for Humanitarian Design
18 Part 1 - Histories of Humanitarian Design and Aid
20 Humanitarian Design
Notes for a Definition
Christian Hubert and Ioanna Theocharopoulou
36 Fifty Years of the Community-Led Incremental Development
Paradigm for Urban Housing and Place-Making
John FC Turner and Patrick Wakely
56 Part 2 - Land
58 Real Estate and Property Rights in Humanitarian Design
Jesse M Keenan
70 Remediating Ecocide
Alice Min Soo Chun
86 Part 3 - Crisis in Health and Culture
88 Crisis Architecture
Conflict, Cultures of Displacement and Crisis-forms
J Yolande Daniels
98 Emergency Medical Structures
Sabrina Plum
110 Part 4 - Water and Sanitation
112 Fluid Matters
On Water and Design
Elizabeth Parker
124 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions
Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage to Reduce the Burden of Diarrhoeal Disease in Developing Countries
Daniele Lantagne
134 Part 5 - Ecology and Humanitarian Design
136 Architectures of Eco-Literacy
Eric Hoeweler and J Meejin Yoon
142 Circling Research with Design
NLE's African Water Cities Project and Prototype Floating School for Makoko
Kunle Adeyemi
148 Part 6 - Local Materials and Local Skills
150 Intelligent Materials and Technology
Alice Min Soo Chun
168 One City
Merritt Bulcholz
176 Part 7 - Shelter and Housing
178 Missing Scales
Deborah Gans
192 reCOVER
Emergency Shelter Interventions
Anselmo G Canfora
210 Part 8 - Education and Practice
212 Humanitarian Architecture Is Hip. Now What?
Eric Cesal
218 Reading Codes Is a Whole New World
Grainne Hassett
238 Part 9 - Architecture, Planning and Politics
240 Delmas 32
A Post-Disaster Planning Experience in Haiti
Sabine Malebranche
250 Building On, Over, With
Postcolonialism and Humanitarian Design
Irene E Brisson
258 Select Bibliography
259 Index