July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
6h 56m
English
lateral thinking | experts at using less | nurturing buildings + communities
For more than 25 years Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal have been practising together from their studio in Paris. They have a very clear belief in the potential of design to benefit the day-to-day lives of individuals and communities. Their practice is characterised by a desire to work with the existing qualities of a site, seeing these as an opportunity and strength. They have a pragmatic approach towards issues of climate change and sustainability as a whole, never relying on expensive technological solutions, rather considering challenges in a genuinely holistic ...