Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts (Basics Series)

ISBN 10: 3869220813 / ISBN 13: 9783869220819

Editore: DOM Publishers, 2021

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• Titolo: Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts (Basics Series)
• Editore: DOM Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3869220813
• ISBN 13: 9783869220819
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: NEW

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Considering the immense diversity of sub-Saharan Africa’s architecture and built realities, does it make sense to speak of an African architecture? How does this differ from archi­tecture in Africa? What does the term architecture actually mean in the African context? And how could these questions be conceptualised while leaving behind pre-existing theoretical moulds and biases?

Searching for new ways to theorise sub-Saharan African architecture, this collection of 49 essays broadens and develops the discourse around the architecture of a very rapidly changing continent. Its authors – practising archi­­tects and renowned scholars – put forward an array of heterogeneous perspectives, question old tropes and emerg­­ing narratives, and challenge popular concepts whilst pro­pos­ing new ones. All with the aim of critically examining and advancing theoretical reflection on African archi­tec­tures, both on the continent and globally.

Informazioni sull?autore

Philipp Meuser, PhD, born 1969, architect and publisher. Studied architecture in Berlin and Zurich, with a focus on architectural history and theory. Honorary professorship in Kharkiv, Ukraine. International planning and construction projects in Western Africa and Central Asia, among others. Adil Dalbai, MA, BSc, MSc, born 1985. Studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin, as well as history and cultural studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, with a focus on the cultural and architectural history of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and (post-)colonial contexts. He works on architecture projects in Western Africa.