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“Whether you’re sunbathing at the beach, killing time waiting for the subway, or flying abroad for summer vacation, AN editors have compiled new architecture and design titles for you.”<\/em> — The Architect’s Newspaper
\nEnvironmental Activism by Design<\/em><\/strong>, a monograph by architects and educators Coleman Coker and Sarah Gamble, challenges designers to actively engage the environmental crisis through their work, while articulating an optimistic, tangible means to pursue community good and environmental justice through design activism and engagement. The authors assert that in addition to greener buildings, cheaper housing, and technological fixes, we must rethink pedagogy and praxis so that every single architecture graduate can define equity and transform the profession.<\/p>\n

Environmental Activism by Design<\/em><\/strong> centres on the award-winning Gulf Coast DesignLab at the University of Texas, which works directly with clients and stakeholders to produce spaces for the public to learn and researchers to undertake their environmental work. Environmental Activism by Design<\/em><\/strong> asks readers to challenge themselves, as agents of social equity, environmental justice, and climate action, to pursue operative practices and transformation rather than mere keywords and consensus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This book, a monograph by architects and educators Coleman Coker and Sarah Gamble, challenges designers to actively engage the environmental crisis through their work, while articulating an optimistic, tangible means to pursue community good and environmental justice through design activism and engagement.
FOREWORD
\nAn Architecture of Sentient Beings 7
\nINTRODUCTION 15
\nProjects Catalogue 25
\nCHAPTER 1
\nRed Tide, Red Necks and Littoral Drift 39
\nGATHER 51
\nFLOAT 59
\nCHAPTER 2
\nGulf Coast DesignLab: A Model for Learning 69
\nRISE 91
\nSTORE 99
\nCHAPTER 3
\nAct as If Your House Is on Fire 107
\nINHABIT 127
\nOBSERVE 135
\nCHAPTER 4
\nA Responsibility to Place 143
\nSHIFT 157
\nCOOP 167
\nCONCLUSION
\nRipples of Hope 175
\nAFTERWORD
\nWhy Do We Do What We Do? 189
\nAcknowledgments 195
\nAuthor Bios 198<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36004,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35964","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-coleman-coker","8":"author-by-author-katie-swenson","9":"author-by-author-sarah-gamble","10":"author-by-author-thomas-fisher","11":"publisher-oro-editions","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEnvironmental Activism by Design - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Environmental Activism by Design, Pages: 200 Pages, Publish Date: 14th Mar 2023, Author: Coleman Coker, Katie Swenson, Sarah Gamble, Thomas Fisher, ISBN: 9781954081796. 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