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Markus Miessen

    Markus Miessen est un architecte et écrivain dont le travail examine de manière critique les théories architecturales et urbaines contemporaines. Il explore comment les forces politiques et sociales façonnent nos environnements physiques et comment nous pouvons mieux comprendre et influencer ces dynamiques. Par son écriture et son enseignement, Miessen favorise une compréhension plus approfondie de la relation complexe entre architecture, pouvoir et société.

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    The violence of participation
    • The violence of participation

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture
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      What exactly is Europe? Is it an actual place or just a temporarycommunity based on shared political and economic interests? Editedby London-based architect and writer Markus Miessen, this compilationof essays, cartoons and other writings presents the world's mostdensely populated continent as a conflicted political space whoseidentity must be continuously negotiated. As the European Unionmaintains its eastward march to countries like Turkey, bleeding beyondits classically understood political boundaries, the questions continue.Produced to expound on Miessen's work from the Lyon Biennial in2007, this dense paperback accumulates diverse opinions exploringwhat it means to live in Europe today.

      The violence of participation