Building Brazil!

The book is a master’s degree program course in ETH Zurich initiated by Marc M. Angélil. Rainer Hehl is the director of a study for this program. Marc Angelil holds a PhD degree in architecture and design. He teaches the undergraduate years in ETH Zurich at the beginning of his career; became assistant professor at the University of Southern California. In the late nineties he was named assistant professor at ETH Zurich where he conducted various researches in contemporary development in Europe, Asia, and USA. His architecture firm is located in USA and Zurich with a collaboration of architects such as Martin Spöhler. Rainer Hehl is an assistant professor in TU delft and has architecture practice in New York (OMA).

The book is intended to benefit various audiences from architecture, urban design, and planning. As indicated in its introduction written by Rainer, the book takes a proactive approach for visionary ways of city making. Part one of the book composed of various article summaries from various contributors. Summaries on how the informal settlements were created and the socio-economic and political factors aligned behind them. Researchers from various fields may benefit from these studies such as social science, architecture, and policymakers. The remaining parts written centered on architecture prototype and geographic mapping for studying the urban form. These parts may benefit undergraduate students from architecture and people studying the evolution of urban form or morphology studies.

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