Learning Ecologies in Architecture
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| Publisher | ArchiTangle |
| ISBN | 9783966800365 |
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| Status | not yet published |
Learning Ecologies in Architecture examines how exemplary educational buildings both shape and are shaped by their ecological contexts through translation, research, innovation, and collaboration. These ecologies extend beyond the environment to include interactions between people, organisations, and materials in the creation of learning spaces. Effective educational design has always reached beyond the classroom, engaging with individual learners and the wider communities that support them. The book centres on two Senegalese projects that received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2019 and 2022): the Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit by IDOM, and Kamanar Secondary School by Dawoffice. These case studies highlight architecture as civic engagement - involving communities - and as an environmentally responsive practice, grounded in sustainability within resource-limited settings. Through these examples, the book explores the legacy and philosophy of educational design, participatory practices, and the complexities of materiality and representation.
| ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English |
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