Architecture of Coexistence: Building Pluralism

Edited by Azra Akšamija By (author) Mohammad al-Asad By (author) Ali S. Asani By (author) Simon Burtscher-Matis By (author) Amila Buturović Foreword by Farrokh Derakhshani By (author) Robert Fabach By (author) Eva Grabherr By (author) Amra Hadžimuhamedović By (author) Tina Gudrun Jensen By (author) Jennifer Mack By (author) Nasser Rabbat By (author) Barbara Steiner By (author) Helen Walasek By (author) Wolfgang Welsch Photographs by Velibor Božović By (author) Azra Akšamija Photographs by Cemal Emden Photographs by Nikolaus Walter Photographs by Jesper Lambaek Thesis advisor or supervisor

Book cover: Architecture of Coexistence: Building Pluralism

Extent: 288 pages

Publisher: ArchiTangle GmbH

Subjects: Architecture

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2020)

ISBN: 9783966800082

9.65 x 6.69 inches

Price: $55.00

In stock

This book investigates how architecture can shape an open-minded and inclusive society, highlighting three internationally renowned projects: the White Mosque in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1980); the Islamic Cemetery Altach in Altach, Austria (2012); and the Superkilen public park in Copenhagen, Denmark (2012).


Architecture of Coexistence: Building Pluralism This book investigates how architecture can shape an open-minded and inclusive society, highlighting three internationally renowned projects: the White Mosque in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1980); the Islamic Cemetery Altach in Altach, Austria (2012); and the Superkilen public park in Copenhagen, Denmark (2012). Scholarly essays across various disciplines, along with interviews with the architects and users of these projects, provide intriguing insights into architecture’s ability to bridge cultural differences. Soliciting a wide array of questions about migration, transculturalism, visibility, inclusion, and exclusion, the book sheds light on the long-term social processes generated between architectural form and its users. Architecture of Coexistence offers a truly interdisciplinary perspective on a very timely subject: “Building pluralism” means designing for a respectful inclusion of different cultural needs, practices, and traditions. With contributions by Azra Aksamija, Mohammad al-Asad, Ali S. Asani, Simon Burtscher-Matis, Amila Buturovic, Farrokh Derakhshani, Robert Fabach, Eva Grabherr, Amra Hadzimuhamedovic, Tina Gudrun Jensen, Jennifer Mack, Nasser Rabbat, Barbara Steiner, Helen Walasek and Wolfgang Welsch. Photo essays by Velibor Bozovic, Cemal Emden, Jesper Lambaek, and Nikolaus Walter.

  • Edited by Azra Akšamija
  • By (author) Mohammad al-Asad
  • By (author) Ali S. Asani
  • By (author) Simon Burtscher-Matis
  • By (author) Amila Buturović
  • Foreword by Farrokh Derakhshani
  • By (author) Robert Fabach
  • By (author) Eva Grabherr
  • By (author) Amra Hadžimuhamedović
  • By (author) Tina Gudrun Jensen
  • By (author) Jennifer Mack
  • By (author) Nasser Rabbat
  • By (author) Barbara Steiner
  • By (author) Helen Walasek
  • By (author) Wolfgang Welsch
  • Photographs by Velibor Božović
  • By (author) Azra Akšamija
  • Photographs by Cemal Emden
  • Photographs by Nikolaus Walter
  • Photographs by Jesper Lambaek
  • Thesis advisor or supervisor