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Architecture by Moonlight: Rebuilding Haiti, Redrafting Life by P.E. Fallon HCDJ
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- ISBN
- 9780826220394
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826220398
ISBN-13
9780826220394
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201507301
Product Key Features
Book Title
Architecture by Moonlight : Rebuilding Haiti, Redrafting Alife
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Caribbean & West Indies, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, General, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Travel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-302688
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
363.34
Table Of Content
Contents Demolition: January 12, 2010 Plastic Sheathing: August 2010 Machetes: September 2010 Bulldozers: January 2011 Stakes: May 2011 Supervision: June-December 2011 Steel Reinforcing: December 2011- January 2012 Aggregate: January-February 2012 Buckets and Wheelbarrows: February-March 2012 CMU: March- April 2012 Formwork: April- May 2012 Rework: May- June 2012 Concrete: June-July 2012 Carpentry: July-August 2012 Curing: August-September 2012 Plaster: September-October 2012 Plumbing: October- November 2012 Paint: November-December 2012
Synopsis
When a natural disaster strikes, one imposing obstacle always impedes recovery: the need to rebuild. Not just homes, schools, and other buildings but also lives must be reconstructed. Yet amid the horror there is also the opportunity to build back better, to create more resilient buildings and deeper human connections. After Haiti's 2010 earthquake, architect Paul E. Fallon wanted to help rebuild the magic island he had visited the previous summer. Over the next three years, he made seventeen trips to design and supervise construction of an orphanage and a school in Grand Go've. In the process, he confronted the challenges of building in a country with sparse materials and with laborers predisposed toward magic over physics. Architecture by Moonlight is about much more than construction, however. Readers will also experience the many relationships Fallon developed as he balanced the contradictory demands of a boisterous American family constructing a memorial for their deceased daughter and Evangelical missionaries more interested in saving souls than filling bellies. Dieunison, a wily Haitian orphan, captured Fallon's heart and exemplifies both Haiti's tragedy and its indomitable spirit. Fallon's personal experience is an eloquent tale of "an ensemble of incomplete people struggling in a land of great trial and great promise, trying to better understand their place on Earth." He reveals how, when seemingly different people come together, we succeed by seeking our commonality. Architecture by Moonlight illustrates our strength to rise above disaster and celebrate recovery, perseverance, and humanity., When a natural disaster strikes, one imposing obstacle always impedes recovery: the need to rebuild. Not just homes, schools, and other buildings but also lives must be reconstructed. Yet amid the horror there is also the opportunity to build back better, to create more resilient buildings and deeper human connections. After Haiti's 2010 earthquake, architect Paul E. Fallon wanted to help rebuild the magic island he had visited the previous summer. Over the next three years, he made seventeen trips to design and supervise construction of an orphanage and a school in Grand Goave. In the process, he confronted the challenges of building in a country with sparse materials and with laborers predisposed toward magic over physics. Architecture by Moonlight is about much more than construction, however. Readers will also experience the many relationships Fallon developed as he balanced the contradictory demands of a boisterous American family constructing a memorial for their deceased daughter and Evangelical missionaries more interested in saving souls than filling bellies. Dieunison, a wily Haitian orphan, captured Fallon's heart and exemplifies both Haiti's tragedy and its indomitable spirit. Fallon's personal experience is an eloquent tale of "an ensemble of incomplete people struggling in a land of great trial and great promise, trying to better understand their place on Earth." He reveals how, when seemingly different people come together, we succeed by seeking our commonality. Architecture by Moonlight illustrates our strength to rise above disaster and celebrate recovery, perseverance, and humanity., After Haiti's 2010 earthquake, architect Paul E. Fallon wanted to help rebuild the magic island he had visited the previous summer. Over the next three years, he made seventeen trips to design and supervise construction of an orphanage and a school in Grand Go've. In the process, he confronted the challenges of building in a country with sparse materials and with laborers predisposed toward magic over physics. Architecture by Moonlight illustrates our strength to rise above disaster and celebrate recovery, perseverance, and humanity.
LC Classification Number
HV600
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