La ville écologique : contributions pour une architecture durable. AS.Architecture-Studio, édition bilingue français-anglais

When half of humanity lives in cities, the architecture and the town planning are called to play a major role in the limitation of the ecological footprint of the human activities and in the search for long-lasting solutions. Associates of Architecture-Studio and their team have developed, through their projects, a knowledge of and a particular focus on the environment and on vernacular cultures. The project of Deh Sabz, a new 'green city' of more than three million inhabitants in the North of Kabul, is particularly extraordinary because of its size and specific features of the site. This work is a testimony to the work of one of the biggest agencies of French architecture, which along with a regard for the social, topographic and cultural contexts, has no other ambition than to participate in the assertion of contemporary and responsible architecture.… (more)