''For almost ten years, Samuel Mockbee, a recent MacArthur Grant recipient, and his architecture students at Auburn University have been designing and building striking houses and community buildings for impoverished residents of Alabama's Hale County. Using salvaged lumber and …
Looks at the architecture program at Auburn University, known as the Rural Studio, and shows how director Samuel Mockbee has honored his belief that architecture should be an ethically responsible profession by putting students to work creating homes for the poor in Alabama.
This book explores, discusses and considers spatial research and its relevant pedagogic perspectives on the crossings, interactions and transformations of contemporary territorialities. The book addresses the issue of conceiving "translocal" spaces of inclusion within the framew…
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Climatic Heterotopias Architectural Design Studio -- 1.1. Reinventing the political dimension of space throughout pedagogy -- 1.2. Reinventing an introspective pedagogy to enhance the architectural conscie…
