AA Tutor Alvaro Velasco Perez has had published a research article for the latest issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture, dedicated to Hinterland Forces.

Alvaro’s article covers the journeys of architect and ethnographer Herman Haan (1914-1996). In the amateurism of Haan’s practice —both in architecture and ethnography—, it is argued that the metropolis and its exteriors were not delimited distinct realms, but rather in a relation that fluctuated. A question that intends reflecting on the contemporary fascination with post-Eurocentric landscapes for the discipline of architecture.

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