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The Re-Use Atlas
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The Re-Use Atlas

by Duncan Baker-Brown
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
6h 56m
English
RIBA Publishing
Content preview from The Re-Use Atlas

STEP 2 CASE STUDY No.4 Traditional Boro clothing, Japan

historic | traditional | vernacular | reuse | austerity

[The Story]

The main focus of this book is to demonstrate ingenious contemporary design solutions answering questions presented in the 21st century, as we head for a world population of nine or ten billion people. I could have written two or three chapters dedicated to historical precedents of sophisticated, culturally integrated reuse behaviour from any continent you care to choose. (Before oil and international trade was ubiquitous, people had to make do with what they had. This resulted in countless examples of ingenious, robust and durable designs with fascinating strategies for reuse.) Instead of that, I have included this inspiring ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781000701401