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How Architecture Can Think Socially

by Frank Motz, Marius Babias
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Overview

How does one reintegrate old textile mills into the fabric of a community? At a former Leipzig cotton-spinning mill (now the site of the Federkiel Foundation), a distinguished group of architects, critics, preservationists, city planners, and artists (among them Anne Dressen and Philipp Oswalt) convened to discuss the conversion of industrial space into cultural gathering place. Chapters here cover P.S.1 in New York and MASS MoCA.

Synopsis

How does one reintegrate old textile mills into the fabric of a community? At a former Leipzig cotton-spinning mill (now the site of the Federkiel Foundation), a distinguished group of architects, critics, preservationists, city planners, and artists (among them Anne Dressen and Philipp Oswalt) convened to discuss the conversion of industrial space into cultural gathering place. Chapters here cover P.S.1 in New York and MASS MoCA.

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Book Details

Published
August 1, 2005
Publisher
Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst Nurnberg
Pages
310
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9783936711486

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