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Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.
Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.
Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.
Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.
Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.
Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.
Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.
Book cover of CARTHA – Building Identity: A Handbook for Architectural Design. Published by Park Books.

CARTHA – Building Identity

A Handbook for Architectural Design

Edited by Holly Baker
Edited by Pablo Garrido
Edited by Ainsley Johnston
Edited by Amy Perkins
Edited by Rubén Valdez
Edited by Francisco Moura Veiga

£25.00

Publishing 2nd Jan 2025
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    • Features designs based on an experimental methodology by the much-recognized international firms Bruther, Bureau Spectacular, Conen Sigl, Made In, Monadnok, Studio Muoto, and Sam Jacob Studio
    • Explores the role of architecture in forming identity in society in interviews with renowned scholars and architects
    • The latest book by the international CARTHA network engages with fundamental issues of architectural design today
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    In their new book, the international CARTHA network engages with the question of forming identity in society and the role that architecture plays in this process. Inspired by Jacques Lacan’s approach from psychoanalysis, CARTHA’s members break down the identity-formation process into four sub-steps, which they explore in interviews: Maarten Delbeke, professor of history and theory of architecture at ETH Zurich, talks about Assimilation; Frederike Lausch, researcher at TU Darmstadt’s Department of Architecture, about Appropriation; Rob Krier, Berlin and Liguria-based architect and sculptor, about Denial, and Jonathan Sergison, London-based architect, about Reconciliation. These conversations make up the cornerstones for a new, experimental design methodology, which has been tested in practice by architecture firms Bruther (Bordeaux), Bureau Spectacular (Los Angeles), Conen Sigl (Zurich), Made In (Geneva / Zurich), Monadnock (Rotterdam), Studio Muoto (Paris), and Sam Jacob Studio (London). CARTHA — Building Identities features a variety of buildings — houses, cottages, apartments — designed in the context of these insights.

    The book offers a didactic manual for contemporary architectural design. The concept of identity that CARTHA proposes invites readers to adopt a critical attitude towards any found environment. The objective is a deeper understanding of how architects actually create identity through their designs.

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    Publisher
    Park Books
    ISBN
    9783038603146
    Publish date
    2nd Jan 2025
    Binding
    Hardback
    Territory
    World excluding Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada, and Japan
    Size
    210 mm x 150 mm
    Pages
    99 Pages
    Illustrations
    40 color, 30 b&w
    Name of series
    CARTHA
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