>> Send this page to a friend

Pamphlet Architecture 29

Ambiguous Spaces
Princeton Architectural Press By Nannette Jackowski
and Ricardo de Ostos

7 x 8-1/2 in; 80 pp ; 100 b/w
Paperback
Published in August, 2008
ISBN 9781568987958
ISBN10 1568987951

$16.95  

Pamphlet Architecture 29 -- Ambiguous Spaces, the newest installment in the Pamphlet Architecture series and a return to Pamphlet's own progressive roots, features the architectural fictions "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, the Three Gorges Dam in China, and former English nuclear test sites. Using narrative techniques, fictional programs, ambiguous spaces, and building devices, Ambiguous Spaces explores people, communities, and even entire cities oppressed by a lack of freedom.

Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos are principals of NaJa & deOstos, a studio developed as a platform for experimental architecture.