(Applied) Foreign Affairs : Investigating spatial phenomena in rural and urban Sub-Saharan Africa

Institute of Architecture (IOA) at the University of Applied Arts Vi

ISBN 10: 3035611009 / ISBN 13: 9783035611007

Published by Birkhäuser Berlin Jan 2017, 2017

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Neuware - [a]FA is a laboratory of the Institute of Architecture of the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, in which spatial, infrastructure, ecological and cultural phenomena of the Sub-Saharan region are investigated. The concept for each project is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-cultural approach.This publication documents three projects that were carried out between 2011 and 2015. GUABULIGA _ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING in northern Ghana, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE at Ghana's Atlantic coast, and LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR of Congo. The book illustrates the projects' creative processes and contexts, embedded in contemporary discourses - well-known experts from architecture, art, theory, and urban sociology take a stand.; [a]FA ist ein Lab des Instituts für Architektur an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, in dem räumliche, infrastrukturelle, ökologische und kulturelle Phänomene der Sub-Sahara untersucht werden. Jedes Projekt ist transdisziplinär und transkulturell konzipiert. Das Buch dokumentiert drei Projekte, die in den Jahren 2011-2015 durchgeführt wurden: GUABULIGA _ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING (( kursiv)) im Norden Ghanas, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE an der Atlantikküste Ghanas, und LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR Kongo. Es zeigt die Projekte in ihrem Entstehungsprozess und Kontext und bettet sie in aktuelle Diskurse ein: renommierte Experten aus Architektur, Kunst, Theorie und Stadtsoziologie nehmen Stellung.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Applied) Foreign Affairs : Investigating spatial phenomena in rural and urban Sub-Saharan Africa
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin Jan 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3035611009
• ISBN 13: 9783035611007
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 173H x 26D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 173 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1109 grams

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Synopsis

[a]FA is a laboratory of the Institute of Architecture of the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, in which spatial, infrastructure, ecological and cultural phenomena of the Sub-Saharan region are investigated. The concept for each project is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-cultural approach.
This publication documents three projects that were carried out between 2011 and 2015. GUABULIGA _ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING in northern Ghana, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE at Ghana’s Atlantic coast, and LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR of Congo. The book illustrates the projects’ creative processes and contexts, embedded in contemporary discourses – well-known experts from architecture, art, theory, and urban sociology take a stand.

About the Authors

Baerbel Müller, Institut für Architektur, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien.

Baerbel Mueller, Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna