Radicalcartography. PEOPLE IN PLACE: QUEER FEMINISM & LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. Architecture With/Out Architects. Projects > MANUAL OF DECOLONIZATION. Photo courtesy: Barbara Modolo & Decolonizing Architecture Model pics: Alberto "Bruno" Sinigaglia Text by Salottobuono & Decolonizing Architecture Salottobuono designed several 'strategies of subversion' for Israeli residential settlements in the West Bank and included them in a "Manual of Decolonization": a generic toolbox for post-occupation scenarios.
The manual determines to what extent the evacuated structures are flexible to accomodate new uses, and displays the various ways in which they can be adapted or transformed, on a detailed architectural scale. Located on the hill of Jabal Tawil, 900 meters above sea level, the colony visually dominates the entire Palestinian area. Until the occupation it was used as an open space for recreation. Centre for Research Architecture. This new and innovative research centre brings together architects, urbanists, filmmakers, curators and other cultural practitioners from around the world to work on expanded notions of architecture that engage with questions of culture, politics, conflict and human rights.
The aim of the centre is to give rigorous tools for urban research and practice to a variety of practitioners from various backgrounds. The work of the centre is based upon the idea of “practice led theory”. Students will pursue individual projects and undertake research and writing that incorporate contemporary Critical Theory, Philosophy and Cultural Studies. Rather than merely supporting the productive process of architectural constructs, this process involves itself in radical critique of its nature. Useful links: PhD: MA: www.mara-stream.org. Omar Yousef’s Crowded Architecture. Palestinian Architect Omar Yousef draws attention to the occupation’s “forced ecology” at the Ecoweek conference in Israel [image taken by Tomer Appelbaum] Designed to teach young architects the most progressive building practices available, beyond borders or cultural differences, the Ecoweek conference taking place in Israel draws inevitable attention to disparities.
Green Prophet’s interest in natural building practices such as Hassan Fathy’s Nubian-esque structures stems from our intellectual interest in and understanding of ecology. Yousef, on the other hand, explains how in Palestinian territories, natural building occurs out of necessity. Haphazard Architecture A Professor at Al Quds Palestinian University in Jerusalem, Omar Yousef is one of several guests slated to influence budding architects to incorporate greener principles into their design. Yousef grew up in East Jerusalem and lives and works in Shuafat. Ideology vs necessity Living and building simply :: Haaretz. Sample Page. This is an example page.
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As a new WordPress user, you should go to your dashboard to delete this page and create new pages for your content. The Politics of Urban Planning - Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine. By Philippe Rekacewicz Monday, February 19, 2007 Philippe Rekacewicz's ZSpace PageJoin ZSpace On 8 February violence broke out at the Al-Aksa mosque, revealing underlying tensions.
Jerusalem is the holy city ofthree religions, but Israeli government policy has always beento preserve its control over the city to prevent its division, so that East Jerusalem can never be the capital of a Palestinianstate. THE main road from Tel Aviv runs fairly straight until past Ben Gurion airport. Then it starts to wind up towards Jerusalem, through hills captured by the Jewish forces in 1948 at the cost of much bloodshed. It enters the thrice-holy city from the west, at a height of over 700m above sea level. For Palestinians from the West Bank, access to the city is another matter. Colonel Danny Tirza, a settler from Kfar Adumim, was the Israeli defence ministry's man in charge of planning and erecting what is officially known as the security fence.
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