1st Edition
Non-Standard Architectural Productions Between Aesthetic Experience and Social Action
Introduction 1. Architecture is not about Buildings: Perspectives on People-centered Approaches in Architecture Sandra Karina Löschke Part 1: Experience 2. Architectural Aesthetics: From Tent to Tectonic and Back Again Gernot Böhme 3. Hippie Modernism: Curation and Knowledge Production Greg Castillo 4. Close Encounters: Architecture as Experience Sandra Karina Löschke Part 2: Encounter 5. Atmospheric Thresholds and the Production of Cross-cultural Spaces Anna-Christina Engels-Schwarzpaul 6. Sculpting with/in time: Casting is the Site Anne Bordeleau Part 3: Action and Critique 7. Home-Work Displacements Jane Rendell 8. Home Controls: On the Transformative Redesign of Urban Housing Sandra Karina Löschke and Hazel Easthope 9. Pictures of Architects: Documentary Photography, Persona, and the Visual Evidence of Work Life and Professional Identity in Architecture Naomi Stead 10. Feminism, Activism, Public Scholarship Karen Burns and Justine Clark Part 4: Social Engagement 11. ‘They don’t listen’: The Urban Professions, Education and the Urban Poor Anna Rubbo 12. Whereabouts Catie Newell 13. Between Social Engagement and Neo-Liberalism Sean Weiss Contributor Biographies Index
Biography
Sandra Karina Löschke is Associate Professor and Director of the Architecture Design Research Group at the University of Sydney. She conducts research on architectural design and its relationship to technological, social, and cultural developments. This includes research on the links between architectural design and technologies, reuse, aesthetics, and participatory design. Her work as an architect has been exhibited at Venice Biennale and at exhibitions in Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Sydney. She is the editor of Materiality and Architecture (Routledge, 2016).
