Bracket 2: Goes Soft

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Product Description Bracket is an annual publication concerned with the interconnections of architecture, the environment, and digital culture. The “goes soft” Part of the title represents this year’s br>Theme, and the concept of “soft” Is explained in an introductory essay and in sidebars throughout the book. In brief, soft systems are those that are built to respond to or adapt to shifting conditions. About 30 such projects or designs are presented in text and images. This is a book for architects, designers, planners, philosophers, and, perhaps, Science fiction writers seeking inspiration from some daring and imaginative thinkers. Editor Bhatia, an architect and urban planner affiliated with rice U., and Sheppard, a canadian-based architect, worked in conjunction with an editorial Board consisting of seven other architects; all are actively involved in the cutting edges of thinking about design. (A call for entries for next year’s issue cites the br>Theme as “at extremes.”) –reference & research book news. From the Inside Flap An in-depth study of soft systems in design From the Back Cover An in-depth study of soft systems in design About the Author Lola Sheppard received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture from McGill University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo. she has taught at the University of Toronto, Ohio State University, and California College of the Arts. She previously worked in the offices of Jean Nouvel (Paris), Peter Rose (Cambridge), and Allies and Morrison (London) before forming LATERAL OFFICE. She is committed to architecture’s new relationship to social and ecological possibilities – not just solutions. Sheppard is the recipient of the 2012 RAIC Young Architect Award.