Knitting Food

By:   Manuel Gausa, Giorgia Tucci
Imprint:   Springer Nature
Country of Publication:   Singapore
Edition:   2024 ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm, 
ISBN:   9789819775811
ISBN 10:   9819775817
Series:   SDGs and Textiles
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   23 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Manuel Gausa is Full Professor in Advanced Urban Planning and Urban Design (DAD-Department of Architecture and Design) and coordinator of ADD-UNIGE, Doctorate School in Architecture and Design at the University of Genoa. He is Co-founder and Dean of IAAC-Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona (2012-2015), Director of the journal Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme (1991-2000) and co-founder of the Actar group. He is also scientific coordinator of the GicLab research group at dAD, UniGe. His research focuses on the themes of urban-territorial perspective and architecture and landscape as multi-scalar systems-devices. Manuel Gausa is full professor in Advanced Urban Planning and Urban Design (DAD-Department of Architecture and Design) and coordinator of ADD-UNIGE, Doctorate School in Architecture and Design at the University of Genoa. He is Co-founder and Dean of IAAC-Institut of Advanced Architecture of Catalunya, Barcelona (2012-2015), Director of the journal Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme (1991-2000) and co-founder of the Actar group. He is also scientific coordinator of GicLab research group at dAD, UniGe. His research focus on the themes of urban-territorial perspective and architecture and landscape as multi-scalar systems-devices.   Giorgia Tucci is Assistant Professor of Urban Design and Planning at the Department of Architecture and Design (dAD), University of Genoa. Her research has mainly focused on the study of coastal agricultural cities in the Mediterranean, on the relationship in the provision of ecosystem services between coast and hinterland, on indicators identifying the character of territorial innovation, and on new cycles of food waste reuse, from biomaterials to bioproducts. She has been a guest lecturer at the Universidad de Málaga, UMA-eAM' (2017), Leibniz Universität Hannover, LUH (2019) and the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, IAAC. (2020). Since 2016 she has been the coordinator of the European project activities and management of the GicLab research group.