Moushoul Christina
Moushoul Christina - Best Practices A Photo Essay About Los Angeles And Its Messy Relationship With Building Materials Signage Systems Communication Equipment Plant Life And People - Paperback
Moushoul Christina - Best Practices A Photo Essay About Los Angeles And Its Messy Relationship With Building Materials Signage Systems Communication Equipment Plant Life And People - Paperback
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Description: In visually cataloging the endearing and enigmatic ways in which the built environment takes shape Best Practices proposes a new way of thinking about neighbourhoods housing developments streetscapes and storefronts not so much as places defined by building codes dimensions or geographic features but as assemblages of ad hoc interventions and incidental ephemera. Drawing on the history of architecture media theory cultural anthropology and urban studies Best Practices pairs photographic documentation with extensive captions and citations to define a territory within the margins between the sanctioned and unsanctioned the regulated and unregulated the tasteful and tacky the novel and the nonsense. While not necessarily in opposition of those mechanisms Best Practices asserts that interest knowledge and meaning are more often generated on the lines that divide such categories. This book advocates for a more thorough consideration of the unauthorised remodels slap - dash handiwork haphazard paint jobs half - hearted do - it - yourself projects cracked facades contradictions compromises and coincidences.
Title: Best Practices A Photo Essay About Los Angeles And Its Messy Relationship With Building Materials Signage Systems Communication Equipment Plant Life And People
Author(s): Moushoul Christina
Publisher: Oro Editions
Barcode: 9781951541118
Pages: 224 Pages, 190 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 11/2/2021
Category: Theory Of Architecture
Description: In visually cataloging the endearing and enigmatic ways in which the built environment takes shape Best Practices proposes a new way of thinking about neighbourhoods housing developments streetscapes and storefronts not so much as places defined by building codes dimensions or geographic features but as assemblages of ad hoc interventions and incidental ephemera. Drawing on the history of architecture media theory cultural anthropology and urban studies Best Practices pairs photographic documentation with extensive captions and citations to define a territory within the margins between the sanctioned and unsanctioned the regulated and unregulated the tasteful and tacky the novel and the nonsense. While not necessarily in opposition of those mechanisms Best Practices asserts that interest knowledge and meaning are more often generated on the lines that divide such categories. This book advocates for a more thorough consideration of the unauthorised remodels slap - dash handiwork haphazard paint jobs half - hearted do - it - yourself projects cracked facades contradictions compromises and coincidences.
Title: Best Practices A Photo Essay About Los Angeles And Its Messy Relationship With Building Materials Signage Systems Communication Equipment Plant Life And People
Author(s): Moushoul Christina
Publisher: Oro Editions
Barcode: 9781951541118
Pages: 224 Pages, 190 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 11/2/2021
Category: Theory Of Architecture
