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Livres anciens et modernes

Baan Iwav

Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities

Verlag Lars Müller, Baden, 2012

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Année
2012
ISBN
9783037782989
Auteur
Baan Iwav
Pages
240
Éditeurs
Verlag Lars Müller, Baden
Thème
Architecture Photography
Description
brossura
Langues
Italien
Reliure
Couverture souple

Description

Torre David, a 45-story skyscraper in Caracas, has remained uncompleted since the Venezuelan economy collapsed in 1994. Today, it is the improvised home to more than 750 families living in an extra-legal and tenuous squat, that some have called a “vertical slum.” Urban-Think Tank, the authors of Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities, spent a year studying the physical and social organization of this ruin-become home. Richly illustrated with photographs by Iwan Baan, the book documents the residents’ occupation of the tower and how, in the absence of formal infrastructure, they organize themselves to provide for daily needs, with a hair salon, a gym, grocery shops, and more. The authors of this thought-provoking work investigate informal vertical communities and the architecture that supports them and issue a call for action: to see in informal settlements a potential for innovation and experimentation, with the goal of putting design in service to a more equitable and sustainable future. — Testi: Brillembour Alfredo, Klumoner Hubert. F.to: 16,5x24; pagg. 240; 300 ills; rileg. brossura. Editore: Verlag Lars Müller, Baden, 2012.