Architecture of Resistance

Informationen zum Autor Yara Sharif is a practicing architect and an academic, she is a lecturer at the University of Westminster and at Oxford Brookes University and is a partner at Golzari-NG Architects London, an award winning practice that has developed a reputation of working on sustainable community projects with specific interest in issues of cultural identity and responsive design. Her work generally stretches internationally where she mainly looks at design as a means to facilitate and empower forgotten communities, while also interrogating the relationship between politics and architecture. Sharif has co-founded Palestine Regeneration Team (PART); a design-led research group that aims to search for creative and responsive spatial practices in Palestine. Her research by design was granted the 2013 commendation award – RIBA's President Award for Research for Outstanding PhD Thesis. Her built projects have won a number of awards. She was granted the 2016 RIBA President Award for Research (commendation) in the cities and communities category. Klappentext Architecture of Resistance investigates the relationship between architecture, politics and power, and how these factors interplay in light of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Zusammenfassung Architecture of Resistance investigates the relationship between architecture, politics and power, and how these factors interplay in light of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Journey Across the Vanishing Landscape: Making Sense of My Territory 2. The Art of Resistance 3. Bringing Life Back to the Historic Centre of Birzeit 4. Under the Surface 5. Air 6. Seeing Less and Less of the Other Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Yara Sharif, Yara Sharif
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2016
• EAN: 9781472447883
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-4788-3
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 225 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Design Research in Architecture; Design Research in Architectur; Design Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Israel, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Social groups, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Palestine, Theory of architecture, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Social groups, communities and identities