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Albena Yaneva, Latour for Architects
No full textCet ouvrage est le dix-huitième de la série « Thinkers for Architects » éditée depuis 2007 par Routledge, et dont l’ambition est de proposer aux architectes des introductions à la pensée d’un certain nombre de philosophes et de sociologues. Albena Yaneva, professeur de théorie de l’architecture à l’université de Manchester, fait ici l’exégèse des travaux que Bruno Latour a menés depuis les années 1980, et la tâche n’est pas aisée tant l’œuvre de celui-ci est abondante et parfois abstruse. Au ..
Albena Yaneva, Architecture after Covid
Full text linkArchitecture as spatial representation and professional practice change according to the contingencies at hand. What has happened to the making of architecture in the aftermath of the pandemic? Albena Yaneva, in this book, follows the traces of this transformation firstly by recognizing the relevance of non-humans to the construction of society, secondly by unfolding the effects of this relevance to spatial configurations, routines and – more specifically – architectural practices. The consi..
The new technologies of archivization: Albena Yaneva for the Shenzhen Biennale (UABB) 2019
No full textWhat happens when the sensor-imbued city acquires the ability to see – almost as if it had eyes? Ahead of the 2019 Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), titled "Urban Interactions," ArchDaily is working with the curators of the "Eyes of the City" section at the Biennial to stimulate a discussion on how new technologies – and Artificial Intelligence in particular – might impact architecture and urban life. Here you can read the “Eyes of the City” curatorial statement by Carlo Ratti, the Politecnico di Torino and SCUT
Five Ways to Make Architecture Political: An Introduction to the Politics of Design Practice
No full textFive Ways to Make Architecture Political presents an innovative pragmatist agenda that will inspire new thinking about the politics of design and architectural practice. Moving beyond conventional conversations about design and politics, the book shows how recent developments in political philosophy can transform our understanding of the role of designers. Introducing the framework of contemporary post-foundational politics in a way that is accessible to designers, it asks: how, when, and under what circumstances can design practice generate political relations? How can architectural design become more 'political'? Five central chapters, which can be read alone or in sequence, explore the answers to these questions. Powerfully pragmatic in approach, each presents one of the 'five ways to make architecture political', and each is illustrated by case studies from a range of contemporary situations around the world. We see how politics happens in architectural practice, learn how different design technologies have political effects, and follow how architects reach different publics, trigger reactions and affect different communities worldwide.Combining an accessible introduction to contemporary political concepts with a practical approach for a more political kind of practice, this book will stimulate debate among students and theorists alike, and inspire action in established and start-up practices.Reviews:“How is architecture political? What is the agency of buildings? Because of contemporary social, political and environmental challenges, these questions have become crucial. Using Actor-Network Theory in an innovative way, Albena Yaneva disrupts received answers by giving priority to what buildings really do, instead of focusing on what they are supposed to mean to their designers, owners or users.” – Antoine Picon, Director of Research at Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA“Albena Yaneva's wonderful book asks us, above all, to take the study of architecture's politics slowly. Rather than jump to easy and ready-made political conclusions, she shows us both how it is possible and why it is necessary to take time to describe the politics of architecture in process, weaving theory and fieldwork together into a compelling synthesis. Five Ways to Make Architecture Political is a vital intervention, for students, practitioners and theorists alike.” – Andrew Barry, Head of the Department of Geography at University College London, UK<br/
Micro-analysis of large-scale urban realities
No full textworking title Albena Yaneva, guest editorDecretOANoAutActifinfo:eu-repo/semantics/inPres
The new architecture of science:learning from Graphene
No full textThe New Architecture of Science explores how the architecture of advanced nanoscience buildings affects the way scientists think, conduct experiments, interact and collaborate. The unique design of the National Graphene Institute building in Manchester, UK sheds light on the architecture of the new generation of scientific buildings. Weaving together two tales of this building, lead scientist Kostya Novoselov and architectural anthropologist Albena Yaneva combine an analysis of the distinctive design features with ethnographic observation of how scientists, building managers, industry people, lab technicians, administrators and house service staff use the building. Capturing simultaneously the complex technical infrastructure of this science lab and the variability of human experiences that it facilitates, contemporary laboratory buildings are shown to be vital settings for the active shaping of new research habits and ways of thinking, ultimately leading to discovery and socio-technical innovations.Drawing on a detailed account of “the social life” of the graphene building, Yaneva and Novoselov offer an original interpretation of the mutual shaping of architecture and science at the intersection of architectural theory, science studies and cognitive anthropology
The Making of a Building : a pragmatist approach to architecture
No full textHow do architects learn about a building-to-be? How does a building emerge and gain reality in the model shop, in scaling, in option making, in architects' - and engineers' - discussions, in public presentations? What does it mean to design? What does it mean to add a building to the city? Drawing on rare ethnographical material of architects at work at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) of Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam in the period 2001-4, this book offers a novel account of the social and cognitive complexity of architecture in the making. The author dismisses both stylistic periodization and socio-political constructivist methods as being inadequate to the task of understanding the dynamic process of how architects generate design through space and materiality, instead showcasing the potentials of the pragmatist approach as a research tool in the field of architecture. Offering a new way of understanding architecture as practice that takes place within the interactive networks of human and non-human actors, the book also tells the intriguing story of the extensions of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York
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