Crossing Boundaries. Transcultural Practices in Architecture and Urbanism

OASE95
1. OASE 95
  Crossing Boundaries
  Transcultural Practices in Architecture and Urbanism
  2015
  Abstract
  This issue of OASE takes as its point of departure the cross-cultural conditions in which architects, urban designers and landscape architects work. It focuses in particular on architects working in a condition of displacement – in other words in relation to cultures, far away or nearby, that are not their own.
  Editors of this issue
  Tom Avermaete, Viviana d’Auria, Klaske Havik, Lidewij Lenders
  Editors
  Tom Avermaete, Job Floris, Christophe Van Gerrewey, Christoph Grafe, Michiel Dehaene, Klaske Havik Lidewij Lenders Bruno Notteboom, Véronique Patteeuw, Hans Teerds, Hüsnü Yegenoglu
  Authors
  Viviana d’Auria, Nina Berre, Ludwig Engel, Rainer Hehl, Ian Jackson, Rachel Lee, Nelson Mota, Ellen Shoskes
  Design
  Karel Martens & Aagje Martens
  December 2015
  English/Dutch
  Paperback/Illustrated (b/w)
  170 × 240 mm
  Order this issueas hard copy or ebook
  ISBN978-94-6208-238-0
  © nai010 publishers, 2015
  Subsidising institutions
  Technische Universiteit Delft, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universiteit Gent, Universiteit Hasselt, Team Vlaams Bouwmeester, Van Eesteren-Fluck & Van Lohhuizen Stichting
  
  Tom Avermaete, Viviana d’Auria, Klaske Havik, Lidewij Lenders
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  Editorial: Crossing Boundaries
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  Viviana d’Auria
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  Taming an ‘Undisciplined Discipline’: Constantinos Doxiadis and the Science of Human Settlements
  008
  This article discusses the work and influence of Constantinos Doxiadis and specifically addresses three methods typical of his work: the development of an international, interdisciplinary network; …
  
  Tom Avermaete
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  Crossing Cultures of Urbanism: The Transnational Planning Ventures of Michel Écochard
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  This article considers the way French urban planner Écochard combined the methods and approaches of a variety of disciplines in his practice. For instance, it discusses how he introduced the …
  
  Ian Jackson
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  Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry: Traversing the Tropics
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  This article shows how Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry, who worked in various countries, studied the relationship between different typologies, concepts and elements, and climatic conditions.
  
  Nina Berre
  048
  Norwegian Expert Export to Independent Zambia
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  This article discusses the contribution Scandinavian architects made in the 1960s and 1970s to the development of aid programmes in East Africa and Zambia. In addition it addresses how the ideals of …
  
  Rachel Lee
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  Otto Koenigsberger: Transcultural Practice and the Tropical Third Space
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  This article shows how Koenigsberger introduced transcultural design tasks to the London Architectural Association. He argued that knowledge of local building techniques and the climate are acquired …
  
  Ellen Shoshkes
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  Jaqueline Tyrwhitt: The United Nations and Planning Education in Indonesia
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  This article describes the efforts of Jacqueline Tyrwhitt who, with the support of Harvard and the United Nations, was able to make a substantial contribution to the establishment of a school for …
  
  Rainer Hehl, Ludwig Engel
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  Berlin Transfer: Learning from the Global South
  085
  In the context of transcultural studios at European educations facilities, this article discusses de background and outcomes of the ‘Berlin Transfer’ studio at the TU Berlin.
  
  Klaske Havik, Nelson Mota
  091
  Designing for Simultaneity: Negotiating Domestic, Social and Productive Practices in Addis Ababa
  091
  In the context of transcultural studios at European educations facilities, this article discusses the organization and outcomes of the ‘Global Housing’ studio of TU Delft in collaboration with EiABC …
  
  Lidewij Lenders, Klaske Havik
  098
  Interview Sami Rintala
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  The agency Rintala Eggertson, which is based in the north of Norway, built a library for an orphanage in Thailand, among other things, and a prototype for ecological cabins in India. The projects …
  
  Lideweij Lenders, Klaske Havik
  104
  Interview BC Architects
  104
  This young agency, based in Brussels and Addis Ababa, works in various African countries. Local materials and building techniques play an important role in their work. BC Architects considers the …
  
  OASE
  109
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  109
  Based in the Netherlands and Cairo, Sonja Spruit works on urban planning and architecture projects ranging from affordable housing and the design of residential neighbourhoods to the design and …
  
  Lideweij Lenders, Klaske Havik
  114
  Interview ARCò
  114
  This Italian collective is mainly active in the Middle East, in close cooperation with an NGO that provides humanitarian aid in emergency situations. Its approach is based on social sustainability …
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