Description
Book SynopsisA biographical account of the physical barrier that divides the United States of America from the United Mexican States. This is a journey along a wall that cuts through a third nation- the Divided States of America.
Trade Review"Part historical account, part theoretical appraisal, and part design manifesto, Borderwall as Architecture is reminiscent of Rem Koolhaas' Delirious New York in its sweeping assessment of both the sociocultural peculiarities and outlandish possibilities represented by a prominent structural element." -- Blaine Brownell Architect Magazine "...in raising questions that not many others are asking about the relationship between two countries that share 2,000 miles of border, his book serves an important purpose." The Daily Beast "Rael sees endless opportunities for creative defiance as he exposes the wall's xenophobic horror stories, absurdities and ironies by imagining design as both an undermining and reparative measure... [his proposals] force us to re-examine the feasibility of constructing "a big beautiful wall" around fortress America by underscoring that borders are innate zones of connectivity as much as division." New York Journal of Books
Table of ContentsForeword Borderwalls as Public Space?
Teddy Cruz
Acknowledgments
Introduction The Revolting Door
Ronald Rael
ONE Pilgrims at the Wall
Marcello Di Cintio
TWO Borderwall as Architecture: The Divided
States of North America
Ronald Rael
THREE Transborderisms: Practices That Tear
Down Walls
Norma Iglesias-Prieto
FOUR Recuerdos/Souvenirs: A Nuevo Grand Tour
Ronald Rael
FIVE Why Walls Won’t Work
Michael Dear
SIX Afterwards
Ronald Rael
Selected Bibliography
AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
CREDITS
INDEX OF RECUERDOS
INDEX
