Prototropic 0.1: Honolulu and Rio
Journal and media platform for discourse in design, culture, and critical issues of emerging tropical cities in the 21st century.Prologue, New Epicenter(s) | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 6~15 ] Honolulu Hot Tropics | Lindsea K. Wilbur / [ Page 30~47 ] Metrophilia | Kazi Ashraf / [ Page 48~65 ] House is a Decorated Shack | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 66~77 ] Tropical Case Study House | David Rockwood / [ Page 78~99 ] Rio Favela Que Saudade | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 102~115 ] Fluid City | Raul Correa-Smith / [ Page 116~133 ] AAA Forro | Steven Sanchez / [ Page 134~149]
Journal and media platform for discourse in design, culture, and critical issues of emerging tropical cities in the 21st century.Prologue, New Epicenter(s) | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 6~15 ]
Honolulu
Hot Tropics | Lindsea K. Wilbur / [ Page 30~47 ]
Metrophilia | Kazi Ashraf / [ Page 48~65 ]
House is a Decorated Shack | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 66~77 ]
Tropical Case Study House | David Rockwood / [ Page 78~99 ]
Rio
Favela Que Saudade | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 102~115 ]
Fluid City | Raul Correa-Smith / [ Page 116~133 ]
AAA Forro | Steven Sanchez / [ Page 134~149]
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KAZI<br />
ASHRAF<br />
METROPHILIA<br />
Architect, Dhaka, Bangladesh + <strong>Honolulu</strong> USA<br />
Ashraf is an architect, urbanist <strong>and</strong> architectural<br />
historian. Currently teaching history <strong>and</strong> theory,<br />
<strong>and</strong> urban design studios at the University of<br />
Hawaii at Manoa, he has taught at the University<br />
of Pennsylvania, Temple University <strong>and</strong> Pratt<br />
Institute. With a selected practice based in<br />
Dhaka, Ashraf has been engaged in an urban<br />
design activism in Dhaka <strong>and</strong> the Bengal delta.<br />
Ashraf has published widely. His publications<br />
include: The Hermit’s Hut: Architecture <strong>and</strong><br />
Asceticism in India (UH Press, 2013); Designing<br />
Dhaka: A Manifesto for a Better City (LOKA,<br />
2012); special issue of Architectural Design<br />
“Made in India” (2007) that received the Pierre<br />
Vago Journalism Award from the International<br />
Committee of Architectural Critics; <strong>and</strong>, Louis<br />
Kahn’s National Capital in Bangladesh (GA Edita,<br />
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