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Title War diaries : design after the destruction of art and architecture / edited by Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Staničić.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Critical Themes of Design after Destruction -- 1. On Urban Postconflict Development: Toward a Practice-Oriented Research Agenda -- 2. Ivan Štraus: War Diary and Design Intentions of an Architect in Postwar Sarajevo -- 3. Normalizing War: The Aesthetics of National Resilience -- 4. Scars of War and Reconstruction in Lebanon -- 5. "Simple Plans" and Complex Lives: A Dialogue about Planning and Designing Emergency Settlements -- 6. Designing Emergency Architecture
7. Teaching Culturally Sensitive Design -- Conclusion: Reconceptualizing Design after Destruction -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index
Summary "In this timely volume, Elisa Dainese and Aleksandar Stanicic have assembled a roster of contributors who can speak to the effects of war and sectarian strife on the built environment in various war-torn areas. The essayists discuss creative strategies for rebuilding and restablizing damaged sites, often within the context of continuing animosities; the establishment of design coalitions to work with local communities on reconstruction; the designing of emergency settlements; the development of new and customized strategies for rebuilding diverse parts of the savaged world; the teaching of culturally sensitive design practices to architects and urbanists going to such sites; and many other topics. Dainese and Stanicic describe the intentional, targeted attacks on art and infrastructure--often by sophisticated long-range weaponry meant to destroy not only physical structures but also political unity and cultural memory--as "the weaponization of art and architecture." And though there are some works on wartime destruction of specific citites and landscapes, the editors contend that there is a dearth of publications on design after conflict, which this volume aims to address"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Postwar reconstruction.
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration.
Design -- Social aspects.
Industrial design -- Social aspects.
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration
Design -- Social aspects
Postwar reconstruction
Added Author Dainese, Elisa, editor.
Staničić, Aleksandar, editor.
Added Title War diaries (University of Virginia. Press)
Other Form: Print version: War diaries (University of Virginia. Press) War diaries Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022 9780813948010 (DLC) 2021060591
ISBN 9780813948034 electronic book
0813948037 electronic book
9780813948027 paperback
0813948029 paperback
0813948010
9780813948010