{"product_id":"learning-ecologies-in-architecture","title":"Learning Ecologies in Architecture","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood educational design has never stopped at the building line. \u003cem\u003eLearning Ecologies in Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e takes that observation seriously and asks what it means to design for the networks—social, material, environmental—that make learning possible in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Senegalese projects anchor the volume, both recipients of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture: the Alioune Diop University Teaching and Research Unit by IDOM (2019) and the Kamanar Secondary School by dawoffice (2022). From there the contributors examine how exemplary school buildings shape and are shaped by their contexts through translation, research, innovation and collaboration—and several assess, candidly, where civic engagement in architecture has fallen short of its own claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey features\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed treatment of two Aga Khan Award-winning school projects in Senegal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCritical assessment of participation and co-design, including their limitations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew frameworks for thinking about representation and materiality in educational buildings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributions from Christian Benimana, Katherine Dawson, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Anna Heringer, Farhan Karim, Timothy Latim, Lesley Lokko and Ola Uduku\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOla Uduku's history of African educational space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat translation and collaboration require if they are to produce meaningful change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow material choices carry cultural identity and pedagogical values\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning ecologies as networks extending well beyond the classroom wall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the editor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeen Sharp is a geographer and urbanist, a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and editor of the American University in Cairo Press's urban studies series on the Arab world. He has co-edited \u003cem\u003eOpen Gaza: Architectures of Hope\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) and \u003cem\u003eReconstruction as Violence\u003c\/em\u003e (2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 173 × 247 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 256\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9783966800365\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: ArchiTangle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: 15 August 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitects working on schools and universities, educators interested in how space shapes pedagogy, and readers following contemporary practice across the African continent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ArchiTangle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48987932983521,"sku":"9783966800365","price":86.05,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1116\/0464\/files\/9783966800365.jpg?v=1787797312","url":"https:\/\/bookshopbyuro.com\/products\/learning-ecologies-in-architecture","provider":"Bookshop by Uro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}