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No full textAntigoni KatsakouRethinking Modernity. Between the local and the international RIBA Publishing, 2020Reviewer:Nina Berre, professor at the Institute of Form, Theory and History, AH
No full textWith the continuous growth of urban environments, space for new residential developments is in continuous demand. Subsequently, the recent transformation and reclamation of waterfronts are becoming increasingly desirable. However, this is often at the expense of social, environmental and architectural quality where affordability, good urban design, human scale, citizen wellbeing, as well as quality outdoor spaces and ecology are often set aside. Moreover, given that housing is expected to last 50 years or more in cities meant to last for centuries, it raises questions about protection from future predicted climate change, which is often jeopardised in favour of exploiting land values. Equally, the buildings' lifespans and demanding environmental conditions of the harbour context are often compromised in the formal and material choices. A "Sustainable Residential Waterfront Development Framework" was developed based on extensive literature of key criteria for sustainable residential harbour (re)development and combined with three main environmental themes. The framework and its criteria and themes are demonstrated through an exemplifying case study. By using analysis photographs, maps and section diagrams, this article also illustrates the above-described tensions. Finally, the framework helps to unfold how these issues can be overcome to create more sustainable living environments now and in the future
A Human-Centred Strategy Explicating and Designing Hidden Programs in Architectural Design
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No full textPotential for Ageing at Home in the Finnish Apartment Building Stock. A Spatial Perspective on Renovation.Edited by Tapio Kaasalainen (PhD, Tampere University)Reviewer: Ira verm
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No full textMari Lending & Erik Langdalen:Sverre Fehn, Nordic Pavilion, Venice. Voices from the ArchivesReviewer: Leif Daniel Houc
Reading the Image - Endorsing Co-Creation in Planning Competitions?
No full textPlanning of towns and communities is a holistic and interdisciplinary task during which many qualities are examined, such as political, economic, social and ecological aims. Furthermore, the need to create paths towards more sustainable communities and living environments has made the requirement for an effective multidisciplinary cooperation and co-creation in planning ever more important.In order to investigate sustainable communities and to find transformative solutions, requirements have been included in planning competitions, which demand a multidisciplinary approach. However, the culture of these competitions is embedded in the architectural tradition. Thus, architectural knowledge production dictates how competition proposals are created, and the input of professionals representing other key disciplines is at risk of not being effectively included in the proposed designs.This argument is supported by evidence from a research project investigating an open international planning competition held in Finland in 2011. The results suggest that planning competitions need to be reformulated in such a way that multidisciplinary co-creation is supported more effectively
