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Una Storia dell'Architettura Contemporanea. Terza edizione

Questo libro si propone di tracciare un inedito percorso storico e critico dell'architettura di epoca contemporanea - dalla Rivoluzione francese a oggi - considerando il progetto esteso «dal cucchiaio alla città», secondo il fortunato aforisma di Ernesto N. Rogers. A un taglio cronologico tradizionale si affianca infatti una lettura disciplinare trasversale, nella quale architettura, città, territorio, design, tecniche e interni sono descritti in relazione alla storia sociale ed economica co...

New Silk Road. The Architecture of the Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Belt and Road Initiative, started in 2013, has transformed many places around the world but also China itself. In some cases, it provided crucial infrastructure, such as the General Hospital of Niger in Niamey or the National Library of El Salvador, while it also generated entire new urban areas, e.g. the Free Zone in Khorghos, Kazakhstan, with sometimes controversial effects to local communities and the environment. Based on research undertaken at the Politecnico di Torino, this publ...

Exploring Math: Nine Hands-on, Eye-opening Lab Projects

The Potential of Form. How to Transform Existing Buildings in Post-functional Europe

How can we explore adaptations of old buildings from a fresh, post-functional perspective? Exploring the concept of transformative potential, this book shows how the repurposing of existing buildings uncovers untapped possibilities that go beyond traditional categories. Analyzing several European examples in depth, it asks how architectural designs change over time and what this means for sustainability and preserving heritage. Drawings illustrate how architectural forms interact with their f...