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The Political-Economy of RECONSTRUCT to Urban Post-Conflict Reconstruction: The Case of Jobar

This thesis aims to understand the failures in traditional approaches to urban post-conflict reconstruction, assess them from a political economy perspective, and compare them with the bottom-up and participatory RECONSTRUCT approach developed by the Università Iuav di Venezia. The dissertation learns from the mistakes of top-down reconstruction approaches in Beirut, Mosul, and Kabul to argue that a RECONSTRUCT framework that takes into consideration political economy dynamics can help achiev...

EXTRACTIVISM IN THE AMAZON REGION. RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND URBANISM IN ECUADOR.

This research addresses the regeneration of extractive spaces in the Ecuadorian Amazon foothill. This approach is twofold. On the one hand, it emphasizes the global problems triggered by extraction activities. It is a set of questions and socio-spatial problems related to what in Latin America is presented as “the paradox of abundance.” On the other hand, this research defines some design strategies and devices for regenerating extractive spaces in the Amazon. In addition, this study formulat...

PAUL DEQUEKER AND THE TROPICAL CHURCH : Analysis of a conceptual approach to Catholic church building in tropical Africa 6 case studies

This thesis entitled «Paul Dequeker and the tropical church» is an analysis of a conceptual approach to the construction of Catholic churches in the tropical zone. In the specific case of this study, it concerns the typology of tropical churches carried out by Paul Dequeker in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1960 to 1988. Through the rereading of the work bequeathed by Brother Paul Dequeker during his apostolic mission in Africa, this study retraces the ambitions of an Africa confro...

L’image vitale. Esquisse d’une théorie de l’image comme réalité vitale sous le signe de la pensée de l’imaginal chez Gilbert Simondon et Henry Corbin

Ce travail présente une analyse de la réalité vitale de l’image à la lumière de la notion d’imaginal chez Gilbert Simondon et Henry Corbin. Le concept de monde imaginal (mundus imaginalis), qui a pour fonction la reconnaissance de la réalité de l’image à travers la pensée des visions mystiques et des prophéties, et l’attribution d’une fonction gnoséologique à l’imagination, est issu des recherches de Corbin, qui le forge à partir de son étude des métaphysiques islamiques, pour nommer un degré...

Wind-Borne Debris Resistance of Façades: Identification of Alternative Impact Test Requirements

Climate change effects are causing a steady increase of previous records both in terms of monetary losses and in fatality occurrence due to severe storms. The frequency and intensity of disaster events are increasing worldwide and areas that were excluded from these extreme weather scenarios in the past, are now looking for solutions to increase the urban resilience. Among others, extreme winds are endangering the built environment, often leading to the breakage of the primary barrier to prot...

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