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Building After Katrina
Betsy . Ed(S): Roettger
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Description for Building After Katrina
Paperback. How does one design an intervention for a specific culture, ecology, and time? How do we respond to both disaster relief and long-term restoration? This work defines these questions and presents strategies for rebuilding Gulf Coast communities. Editor(s): Roettger, Betsy. Num Pages: 169 pages, 497 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 1KBBSM; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 558.
After the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the fall of 2005, entire towns, neighborhoods, and ecologies were destroyed. What remains is a complex web of social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues that demand new strategies for inhabiting this land.During the spring semester of 2006, the University of Virginia School of Architecture incorporated these issues into the research and studio work of faculty and students, as well as undertaking hands-on projects in Louisiana and Mississippi. ""Building After Katrina"" is the result of that intense focus on a set of design problems. In this vibrant collection, leading architects and ... Read more
After the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the fall of 2005, entire towns, neighborhoods, and ecologies were destroyed. What remains is a complex web of social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues that demand new strategies for inhabiting this land.During the spring semester of 2006, the University of Virginia School of Architecture incorporated these issues into the research and studio work of faculty and students, as well as undertaking hands-on projects in Louisiana and Mississippi. ""Building After Katrina"" is the result of that intense focus on a set of design problems. In this vibrant collection, leading architects and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
Number of Pages
169
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780977102457
SKU
V9780977102457
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99-35
About Betsy . Ed(S): Roettger
Betsy Roettger is Lecturer in Architecture and Assistant to the Chair of the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia. Karen Van Lengen is the Dean and Edward E. Elson Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia.
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