#books #architecture | Architecture activism

Architecture activism / Graft ; with a foreword by Cameron Sinclair.
Birkhäuser, Basel : 2016.
240 p. : il.
ISBN 9783035610239
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI.
Arquitectura y sociedad.
Graft (Firma)
Urbanismo -- Aspecto social.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-73:316 GRA
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1854310~S1*spi

Founded in Los Angeles in 1998, GRAFT is a global architectural practice which now maintains branches in Berlin and Beijing. The international practice, which is involved in architectural, urban, and product design – as well as branding – is known for its experimental and interdisciplinary designs as well as for its strong social commitment. The publication will document only projects characteristic of this social responsibility – it portrays architecture as an active tool for driving, in a global context, the development of places worth living in. One key project is the Solar Kiosk developed in 2012, a high-output, solar-based unit which is already used by many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa to secure their power supply.