War diaries : design after the destruction of art and architecture /

"In this timely volume, Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Stanicic have assembled a roster of contributors who can speak to the effects of war and sectarian strife on the built environment in various war-torn areas. The essayists discuss creative strategies for rebuilding and restablizing damaged si...

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Group Author: Dainese, Elisa; Staničić, Aleksandar
Published: University of Virginia Press,
Publisher Address: Charlottesville, Virginia :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "In this timely volume, Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Stanicic have assembled a roster of contributors who can speak to the effects of war and sectarian strife on the built environment in various war-torn areas. The essayists discuss creative strategies for rebuilding and restablizing damaged sites, often within the context of continuing animosities; the establishment of design coalitions to work with local communities on reconstruction; the designing of emergency settlements; the development of new and customized strategies for rebuilding diverse parts of the savaged world; the teaching of culturally sensitive design practices to architects and urbanists going to such sites; and many other topics. Dainese and Stanicic describe the intentional, targeted attacks on art and infrastructure--often by sophisticated long-range weaponry meant to destroy not only physical structures but also political unity and cultural memory--as "the weaponization of art and architecture." And though there are some works on wartime destruction of specific citites and landscapes, the editors contend that there is a dearth of publications on design after conflict, which this volume aims to address"--
Carrier Form: xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-198) and index.
ISBN: 9780813948010
0813948010
9780813948027
0813948029
Index Number: NA9053
CLC: TU-87
Call Number: TU-87/W253
Contents: Introduction: critical themes of design after destruction / Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Staničić -- On Urban Postconflict Development: Toward a Practice-Oriented Research Agenda / Kai Vöckler -- Ivan Štraus: war diary and design intentions of an architect in postwar Sarajevo / Armina Pilav -- Normalizing war: the aesthetics of national resilience / Gabriel Schwake -- Scars of War and Reconstruction in Lebanon / Deen Sharp -- "Simple plans" and complex lives: a dialogue about planning and designing emergency settlements / Charlie Hailey interview with Per Iwansson and Hans Skotte -- Designing Emergency Architecture / Raul Pantaleo and TAMassociati ; translated by Elisa Dainese -- Teaching culturally sensitive design / Aleksandar Staničić interview with Azra Akšamija -- Conclusion: reconceptualizing design after destruction / Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Staničić.