Architecture and Micropolitics

Four Projects by Farshid Moussavi Architecture, 2010-2020

Architecture and Micropolitics
Farshid Moussavi
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h330 x 220mm - 500pg
13 Sep 2021 SW
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9783038601944
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This book deconstructs two widespread prejudices: one, that architects nowadays are no longer important for the overall construction process, and the other, that design is a linear process that comprises a fully-formed architectonic vision right from the outset. The renowned architect and Harvard professor Farshid Moussavi shows how the specific character of contemporary architecture involves enriching the pragmatic everyday task of creating architecture with random elements and subjective factors, in order to achieve our potential for changing our circumstances and the architecture that surrounds us. Thus, the micro-politics of our everyday lives becomes the basis for our built architecture. Farshid Moussavi illustrates this process with the help of four of her buildings from the last decade. They are presented through hundreds of photos, drawings, and sketches, and discussed in an essay, in which Moussavi develops her thesis. New photos of the four buildings have been taken by the celebrated British photographer Stephen Gill, whose creative work combines documentary, experimental and conceptual approaches. An astonishing book for all those who are interested in the interaction between architecture and society. AUTHOR: Farshid Moussavi, born 1965 in Shiraz (Iran), studied architecture at the University of Dundee, Bartlett School of Architecture in London and Harvard Graduate School of Design, and founded Foreign Office Architects (FOA) in 1993. In 2011, she established her new firm Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) in London. Since 2005, she has been a Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she published her influential books The Function of Ornament (2008), The Function of Form (2009) and The Function of Style (2015). SELLING POINTS: First monograph on the work of London-based firm Farshid Moussavi Architects (FMA), developing Moussavi' s claim that good architecture is based on the micro-politics of our everyday lives Richly illustrated with drawings, sketches and photos, including newly taken images of four buildings by FMA, shot by the well-known British photographer Stephen Gill Features a preface by renowned French philosopher Jacques Ranciere Farshid Moussavie is one of the world' s most highly regarded architects and teachers of architecture 850 colour, 150 b/w illustrations
Farshid Moussavi, born 1965 in Shiraz (Iran), studied architecture at the University of Dundee, Bartlett School of Architecture in London and Harvard Graduate School of Design, and founded Foreign Office Architects (FOA) in 1993. In 2011, she established her new firm Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) in London. Since 2005, she has been a Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she published her influential books The Function of Ornament (2008), The Function of Form (2009) and The Function of Style (2015).

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