Join us for the launch of Architecture for Housing, written by Dr Djordje Stojanovic and published by Birkhäuser. The book is based on a series of talks hosted by the Melbourne School of Design over the past few years and aims to extend the discussion on the gaps between architectural practice and housing research.
Architecture for Housing brings together 14 projects for multi-unit residential buildings designed for diverse cultural contexts through a discussion on spatial antonyms: the individual and communal, the interior and exterior, and the determined and undetermined and through the lenses of current studies on urban housing systems. The book concentrates on design decisions and incorporates rich illustrations and conversations with residents and the following architects José Toral (Peris+Toral Arquitectes), Verena von Beckerath (Heide & von Beckerath), Osamu Nishida (ON design partners), Marcelo Faiden (adamo-faiden), Graham Haworth (Haworth Tompkins), Fernando Brunel and Tomás Balparda (BBOA), Marc Frohn (FAR frohn&rojas), Ramon Bosch and Bet Capdeferro (bosch.capdeferro arquitectura), Hervé Potin (Guinée*Potin), Roger Riewe (Riegler Riewe Architekten), Juliane Greb and Petter Krag (Büro Juliane Greb), Verena Lindenmayer (EM2N), Luis Basabe (arenas basabe palacios arquitectos), Cristina Gamboa Masdevall and Carles Baiges Camprubí (Lacol).
Kerstin Thompson (Kerstin Thompson Architects) and Alan Pert, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, Chair of IBA Melbourne, and Research Director of The Hallmark Research Initiative for Affordable Housing, will join the author after a short presentation of the book for the discussion.
About the author:
Dr Djordje Stojanovic is a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, and a registered Architect in the UK.
Image caption: Djordje Stojanovic. Architecture for Housing. Birkhäuser, Basel 2024.
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