Jeanne Gang’s The Art of Architectural Grafting (Park Books, 2024) redefines sustainable design through the lens of grafting—a horticultural metaphor for merging old and new structures into symbiotic relationships. Challenging demolition-centric practices, Gang advocates for adaptive reuse as a critical climate action, emphasizing the untapped environmental value of existing buildings.

To Graft or Not to Graft? An Urgent Call for Architectural Actions / Pfropfen oder nicht pfropfen? Ein dringender Aufruf zum architektonischen Handeln / Amabile, Luigiemanuele. - In: GRAZ-ARCHITEKTUR-MAGAZIN. - ISSN 1612-9482. - 21:(2025), pp. 208-212. [10.1515/9783986121891]

To Graft or Not to Graft? An Urgent Call for Architectural Actions / Pfropfen oder nicht pfropfen? Ein dringender Aufruf zum architektonischen Handeln

Luigiemanuele Amabile
2025

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Jeanne Gang’s The Art of Architectural Grafting (Park Books, 2024) redefines sustainable design through the lens of grafting—a horticultural metaphor for merging old and new structures into symbiotic relationships. Challenging demolition-centric practices, Gang advocates for adaptive reuse as a critical climate action, emphasizing the untapped environmental value of existing buildings.
2025
To Graft or Not to Graft? An Urgent Call for Architectural Actions / Pfropfen oder nicht pfropfen? Ein dringender Aufruf zum architektonischen Handeln / Amabile, Luigiemanuele. - In: GRAZ-ARCHITEKTUR-MAGAZIN. - ISSN 1612-9482. - 21:(2025), pp. 208-212. [10.1515/9783986121891]
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