Ambiguous spaces: NaJa & deOstos

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"Pamphlet Architecture 29: Ambiguous Spaces, Naja & deOstos features The Pregnant Island and Nuclear Breeding. These two projects develop alternative urban concepts that address the challenges presented by the specific situations and social dynamics described in controversial locations such as the Brazilian Tucurui Dam and a former English nuclear test site. Using narrative techniques, fictional programs, and building devices, Ambiguous Spaces explores people, communities, and even entire citie…

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Title Statements

Full title :Ambiguous spaces : NaJa & deOstos / Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton Architectural Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

Description:79 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781568987958, 1568987951
oclc:ocn227328404
LC Classification:NA997.N24
Dewey Decimal:720.92/2

Foreword / by Lebbeus Woods -- Literary vs. literal architecture : NaJa & deOstos, or, The poetry of infrastructure / by Brett Steele -- Introduction -- Nuclear breeding -- The pregnant island -- Magical realism -- Dams -- The pregnant island -- Overview -- The concept -- The building--A maloca -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- About the contributors.

Subjects

Architecture -- 21e siècle Architecture, Modern Architecture, Modern -- 21st century Architektur NaJa & deOstos NaJa & deOstos (Firm) Symbolism in architecture Symbolisme en architecture