GAM - Graz Architecture Magazine – serie

Compelled by the global environmental crisis, the building industry is moving toward a paradigm shift that significantly impacts the way we build, design, and interact with the natural environments around us. The built spaces of the future need to disrupt the conventional design practices that have " elevated" the building sector to the largest contributor of manmade CO2 emissions globally. Achieving net-zero embodied and operational emissions in future construction will require the active participation of design, construction, and building professionals, as well as the prompt implementation of decarbonization solutions. These solutions, which restructure the way humans interact with their ecosystems, entail a reevaluation and reinterpretation of architecture and its role as a transformative agent. GAM 2 collects perspectives and proposals on how to make a radical shift towards environmental transformation successful.With contributions by Greg Foliente, Guillaume Habert, Monica Lavagna, Alice Moncaster, Chrisna du Plessis, Philippe Rahm, and others Explores contemporary approaches to decarbonizing the construction industry, one of the world's largest emitters of CO2 Includes contributions from international authors and experts

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch)Architecture is, by definition, multidisciplinary—in design, in practice, and in research. However, genuine and productive collaboration across different disciplines is rarely a given. GAM 22 is dedicated to those synergies that succeed: when architects and material scientists explore new pathways toward carbon-neutral construction, when digital technologies, biological processes, or innovative recycling strategies become integral parts of architectural concepts, the result is more than the sum of individual contributions. GAM 22 brings together inspiring examples from research and practice that demonstrate how interdisciplinary collaboration can generate fresh impetus for our built environment. It is as a plea for the necessity of cooperation—and a volume full of hope at a time when it is urgently needed.With contributions by Markus Bartaky, Nathan Fash, Jay Gilbert, Lukas Gosch, Urs Hirschberg, Asya Ilgün, Julian Jauk, Svenja Keune, Yinan Liu, Sophia Meeres, Olga Mesa, Saurabh A. Mhatre, Mo Michelsen Stochholm Krag, Daniela Mitterberger, Britta Nader, Cornelia Ott, Uwe Rieger, Kristijan Ristoski, Fabian Scheurer, Gerhard Schmitt, Milena Stavrić, Hana Vašatko, Ted Wilson, Charlotta Windahl, and Chris Younès• Innovative approaches to interdisciplinary practice and research• With contributions by international authors and experts

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) In the face of growing territorial inequalities in the distribution of and access to resources, justice has—once again—become a topical issue and challenge in the fields of land-use planning and urbanism. GAM.15 is devoted to the geographical dimension of social justice. It considers the transformations currently taking place in rural areas and describes their potentials, problems, and prospects for development.The contributions collected in this publication examine the dynamics through which the rural landscape is changing, how the transformations taking place may create new territorial inequalities, and how Territorial Justice-oriented alternatives to the dominant planning system may be established. With contributions by Pierre Veltz, Michael Woods, Paola Viganò, Yuri Kazepov and Michael Friesenecker, Emanuele Sommariva, Nicolas Escach, Don Mitchell, and others