Ambiguous spaces : NaJa & deOstos /
Jackowski, Nannette,
Ambiguous spaces : NaJa & deOstos / Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos. - 79 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Pamphlet architecture ; 29 . - Pamphlet architecture no. 29. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 77).
Foreword / by Lebbeus Woods -- Literary vs. literal architecture : NaJa & deOstos, or, The poetry of infrastructure / by Brett Steele -- Introduction -- Nuclear breeding -- The pregnant island -- Magical realism -- Dams -- The pregnant island -- Overview -- The concept -- The building--A maloca -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- About the contributors.
"Pamphlet Architecture 29: Ambiguous Spaces, Naja & deOstos features The Pregnant Island and Nuclear Breeding. These two projects develop alternative urban concepts that address the challenges presented by the specific situations and social dynamics described in controversial locations such as the Brazilian Tucurui Dam and a former English nuclear test site. Using narrative techniques, fictional programs, and building devices, Ambiguous Spaces explores people, communities, and even entire cities oppressed by a lack of freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
1568987951 9781568987958
2008020574
NaJa & deOstos (Firm)
Architecture, Modern--21st century
Symbolism in architecture
NA997.N24 / J333 2008
720.922
Ambiguous spaces : NaJa & deOstos / Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos. - 79 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Pamphlet architecture ; 29 . - Pamphlet architecture no. 29. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 77).
Foreword / by Lebbeus Woods -- Literary vs. literal architecture : NaJa & deOstos, or, The poetry of infrastructure / by Brett Steele -- Introduction -- Nuclear breeding -- The pregnant island -- Magical realism -- Dams -- The pregnant island -- Overview -- The concept -- The building--A maloca -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- About the contributors.
"Pamphlet Architecture 29: Ambiguous Spaces, Naja & deOstos features The Pregnant Island and Nuclear Breeding. These two projects develop alternative urban concepts that address the challenges presented by the specific situations and social dynamics described in controversial locations such as the Brazilian Tucurui Dam and a former English nuclear test site. Using narrative techniques, fictional programs, and building devices, Ambiguous Spaces explores people, communities, and even entire cities oppressed by a lack of freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
1568987951 9781568987958
2008020574
NaJa & deOstos (Firm)
Architecture, Modern--21st century
Symbolism in architecture
NA997.N24 / J333 2008
720.922