Sérgio Ferro au prisme d’une histoire brésilienne,(re-)lire Dessin-chantier by Sandra Fiori

“…This path is the story of three young architects from Sao Paulo who graduated during the construction of Brasilia, whose architectural and theoretical contribution took place in Brazil during the 60’s; the story of a politically left intellectual and artistic vanguard, torn between modernity and under-development, social transformation prospect and opposition towards the military regime after 1964. …”
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Will decarbonising buildings be enough? Constrain and redistribute growth in floor area by David Ness

“…While such a transformative change may dramatically reduce carbon consumption, biodiversity loss and global inequity, it also poses major challenges and opportunities for architects, designers and other industry stakeholders.   …”
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Keeping Warm in Subtropical Winter. When Everyday Life Disrupts the Concept of Hyper-Conditioned Environments in Chongqing (Southwest China) by Madlen Kobi

“…This paper aims to sensitize architects to conceptualizing buildings not as detached and controllable entities, but as part of urban climatic landscapes.…”
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Construction characteristics and reinforcement and maintenance technology of native earth buildings in Liling area by Yujia Fan, Chao Wang, Haiting Sun, Jun Mu

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Vernacular Architecture as Self-Determination: Venturi, Scott Brown and the Controversy over Philadelphia's Crosstown Expressway, 1967-1973 by Sebastian Haumann

“…The South Street project offers a concrete occasion wherein the architects were forced to adopt a political position.…”
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Les paysages de Kronsberg à Hanovre : approches sonore et multisensorielle by Élise Geisler, Théa Manola

“…Actually, in the plentiful scientific production on the landscape question, but also in the speeches of the landscape architects, the multisensoriality of the landscape is considered as acquired. …”
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Le retable (1980-1982) de Charles Daudelin (1920-2001) de la chapelle Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur de la basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal by Marilie Labonté

“…Cet essai tend ici à retracer la manière dont les divers acteurs entourant l’objet (curés, employés, marguilliers de la Fabrique, architectes, médias, etc.) peuvent par leur discours devenir créateurs d’objets phares.…”
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Habiter sur serre à Eden Square. Un espace collectif tempéré à l’épreuve de ses habitants by Valérie Foucher-Dufoix, Laetitia Overney

“…This paper reports on a bioclimatic building of 87 housing units organized around a green house, Eden Square, delivered in 2012 in the Rennes urban area (France) by architects Christian Hauvette and Pierre Champenois, who describe it as “a social and ecological utopia”. …”
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La diffusion d’une culture du paysage par les ateliers pédagogiques by Jeanne Lafon, Laure Thierrée, Patrick Moquay

“…In addition to making it possible to initiate local operational approaches, the workshops often resulted in recurring partnerships, and in local stakeholders being made aware of landscape issues and of the importance of the specific approach of landscape architects. The pedagogical nature of these workshops provides a framework conducive to dialogue and to training commissioning authorities and elected representatives. …”
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L’arbre au cœur du paysage urbain : symbole ou action militante ? by Frédéric Bœuf, Florence Robert

“…By suppressing or preserving existing plantations, urban development projects can radically change and mark the urban landscape.Based on our professional experience as landscape architects, we examine the true role of the tree in the urban landscape over and beyond official policies and established practises which are sometimes incompatible or even in contradiction with environmental regulations. …”
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Ontology-Based Representations of User Activity and Flexible Space Information: Towards an Automated Space-Use Analysis in Buildings by Xingbin Chen, Tae Wan Kim, Jiayu Chen, Bin Xue, WoonSeong Jeong

“…Space-use analysis offers quantitative and reliable references to support architects’ decision-making regarding the planning and design of flexible spaces. …”
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Fake news and the political economy of the media: A perspective of Ghanaian journalists by Paul Achonga Kabah Kwode, Nkosinathi Selekane

“…With several of the country's media owned by politicians or persons with a vested interest in politics, it became a practice for players to utilise fake news as a propaganda tool to outwit their competitors through the media. For these architects to fully achieve their goal, social media and affiliated mainstream media were used as instruments to propagate fabricated content against their opponents, especially during the 2020 general elections. …”
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Measurement of social sustainability indicators in Guilan architecture by Mehran Mehrdoust Shahrestani, Ali Asgharzadeh, Hamzeh Golamalizadeh

“…The method of evaluating the rank of the options of this research is Vikor technique and the research method is descriptive-survey and the statistical population studied in this research is the members of 6 groups related to the research subject including: villages of 16 cities of Gilan province Local architects, the Gilan General Directorate of Housing and Natural Resources and Forestry, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) love the environment, among which the selection of a sample community was made possible by non-probable sampling. …”
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Hybrid mechanical metamaterials: Advances of multi-functional mechanical metamaterials with simultaneous static and dynamic properties by Ana Carolina Azevedo Vasconcelos, Dingena Schott, Jovana Jovanova

“…Mechanical metamaterials are architected structures with unique functionalities, such as negative Poisson's ratio and negative stiffness, which are widely employed for absorbing energy of quasi-static and impact loads, giving improved mechanical response. …”
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Enhancing Mini Waterfalls to Regulate Temperature in Interior Spaces of the Applied Design And Fine Art Department of Kabale University. by Tusiime, Gift

“…Additionally, structured interviews were conducted with local residents, architects, and environmentalists to gather insights on the perceived roles and benefits of these waterfalls, particularly in relation to sustainable architectural practices.…”
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This is Not a Nest by Jean-Pierre Chupin

“…We first dig into a sample of competition projects nicknames (Crystal, Birds’Nest, DNA, Cloud, Lace, Stealth, etc.) to confirm that these tropes have a paradoxical status at the intersection of architects’ intents and the public expectations. We then summarize an in-depth hermeneutical discourse analysis of 40 North American international competitions. …”
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'Man is the Measure of All Things' by Victor Muñoz Sanz, Dan Handel

“…The research articles and visual essays included in this issue shed light on the many ways architects, advertently or inadvertently, coalesce with forces intending to condition humans. …”
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Le Sacre du stock by Paul Landauer

“…The architecture of storage would then regain the aura that has been his in a large number of pre-modern civilizations; an architecture of which Bernard Rudofsky, in his 1964 exhibition and book « Architecture Without Architects », has revealed the capacity to respond to four essential human aspirations: the need for monument, the search of a balance between nomadism and sedentary, the ability to cope with risks and the propensity for common projects.…”
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Conversation sur le terrain by Blandine Brière, Alice Broilliard, Juliette Vignes, Julien Viniane

“…As part of the Landscape Plan, a team of landscape architects, sound artists and web developers has developed an online sound map to provide an accessible digital tool for sharing reflections concerning future landscapes on a large scale. …”
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When the Future Becomes no Longer a Threat but, More, an Opportunity by Terry Trickett

“…As in the physical world, the creation of a virtual realm depends on defining and understanding the determinants of people’s behavior. Architects are already involved in creating virtual flights of fancy but holding the reins of all those who are unleashing the power of generative artificial intelligence will be the “metaverse curator”–a completely new role to match the task of building “a new and better world”. …”
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