Blueprint for a hack : leveraging informal building practices / Vikram Bhatt, David Harlander, Susane Havelka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhatt, Vikram, author.

Harlander, David, author.

Havelka, Susane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public architecture--Québec (Province)--Nunavik.

Public architecture.

Architects and community--Québec (Province)--Nunavik.

Architects and community.

Vernacular architecture--Québec (Province)--Nunavik.

Vernacular architecture.

Québec--Nunavik.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Actar Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

Over five days, some 60 residents of a northern village teamed with designers from southern Quebec to conceive and build an outdoor community pavilion that activates a central recreational area.'Blueprint for a Hack' aims to reimagine community spaces. Faced with extreme housing shortages, physical isolation, and a challenging climate, outdoor public spaces in northern communities remain largely undesigned and underused. These "in-between" spaces are strewn with stuff. Most housing and civic buildings in the communities emerge from and stand like physical markers of Euro-Canadian values. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada has begun a discourse on design in northern Canadian communities, but discussions continue to dwell on housing and civic buildings. A strong need exists to open conversations about design and the public realm in northern villages, which this project tries to address, creating a unique experience in which northern and southern groups could apply a "hacking mindset" to reimagine community spaces.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1948765411

9781948765411

OCLC:

1122911940