Beyond Houses: Architectural Thinking and Practice for Climate, Disaster and Forced Displacement Crises

Abstract

Beyond Houses: Architectural Thinking and Practice for Climate, Disaster and Forced Displacement Crises is an interdisciplinary volume that asserts architecture is not merely the practice of designing physical structures, but a mode of thinking capable of responding to complex conditions such as social vulnerability, climate crisis, and forced displacement. Edited by A. Nuno Martin, Carmen Mendoza-Arroyo, Liliane Hobeica, Jorge León, and Adib Hobeica, the book brings together community-based approaches, alternative architectural strategies, and project-based fieldwork from diverse geographies to offer a new ground for rethinking architecture’s role in times of crisis. This redefinition requires that architecture stretches beyond its conventional tools and epistemologies and challenges the rigid boundaries of disciplinary autonomy. This book is crafted precisely for designers and researchers who dare to approach the field through this expanded and critical lens – because solutions are not to be found solely in the act of building.