TY - JOUR
T1 - Looking like developed
T2 - Aesthetics and ethics in Rwandan housing projects
AU - Sho, Yutaka
N1 - Funding Information:
Yutaka Sho is a partner at GA Collaborative, a nonprofit design firm. In 2013 GAC built a prototype home in Masoro, Rwanda, in col laboration with the local association with support from a Brunner Grant from AIA NY. Sho researches the role of architecture and construction in the unevenly developed globe, and she has researched, taught, and/ or practiced in Bangladesh, Ghana, Japan, Lebanon, Turkey, Uganda, and Rwanda. She is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University.
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© 2014 Taylor and Francis.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/7/3
Y1 - 2014/7/3
N2 - This article examines the relationship between "modern" aesthetics and ethics in the context of Rwandan architecture and urbanism. In Rwanda, global capital and the general desire for an improved life manifest in the built environment, and both urban high-rises and rural villages attempt to look like "modern" buildings from the northern hemisphere. The "modern" aesthetics take on the difficult task of dealing with memories of the past violence as an integral process of development. Using Rwandan housing projects as a case study, this article investigates the meanings, expectations, and possibilities for modern aesthetics.
AB - This article examines the relationship between "modern" aesthetics and ethics in the context of Rwandan architecture and urbanism. In Rwanda, global capital and the general desire for an improved life manifest in the built environment, and both urban high-rises and rural villages attempt to look like "modern" buildings from the northern hemisphere. The "modern" aesthetics take on the difficult task of dealing with memories of the past violence as an integral process of development. Using Rwandan housing projects as a case study, this article investigates the meanings, expectations, and possibilities for modern aesthetics.
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U2 - 10.1080/10464883.2014.937237
DO - 10.1080/10464883.2014.937237
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907966446
VL - 68
SP - 199
EP - 208
JO - Journal of Architectural Education
JF - Journal of Architectural Education
SN - 1046-4883
IS - 2
ER -