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Buildings Reimagined

Author : Stella Papanicolaou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781864708257
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Buildings Reimagined written by Stella Papanicolaou and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation and reuse of old buildings is by no means only a kind of renovation in the simple sense, but it's about adjusting a certain site to accommodate new functions. The key is to find the proper use for the building's architectural heritage. This book provides an in-depth analysis of a selection of thirty building types: looking closely at the property's background, the transformation of the motivation, the transformation strategy, as well as the problems encountered in the transformation. The pages within are filled with practical insights, including information on the latest features of contemporary renovations and adaptations of older buildings (some up to 300 years old), including some previous designs by revered practitioners, such as Antoni Gaudí and Zaha Hadid. Internationally renowned architects discuss in detail about key problems they've encountered when renovating an old building or conducting an urban renewal project, and provide readers with helpful outlines of a range of projects, what to look out for, and useful, practical approaches in each scenario. AUTHORS: Michael Louw is the director of CMAI Architects and senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town's School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. His research interests include architectural history and temporality, technology, craft, and design-build practices. Michael co-convenes a design-research studio in the Architectural Master's and Honors programs called Adapt, which focuses on adaptive reuse. Stella Papanicolaou is senior lecturer of the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town. She teaches History and Theory of Architecture to undergraduate students and co-convenes the Adapt! Design Research Studio in the BAS Honours and MArch (Prof) programmes with Michael Louw. SELLING POINTS: * A comprehesive toolkit for architectural transformation grounded in practical examples * Practical insights into the latest features of contemporary renovations and adaptations of older buildings * Rich technical drawings to show internationally renowned architects' experiences 400 colour, 100 b/w images

Architecture and Space Re-imagined

Author : Richard Bower
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131739030X
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Architecture and Space Re-imagined written by Richard Bower and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with so many facets of contemporary western life, architecture and space are often experienced and understood as a commodity or product. The premise of this book is to offer alternatives to the practices and values of such westernised space and Architecture (with a capital A), by exploring the participatory and grass-roots practices used in alternative development models in the Global South. This process re-contextualises the spaces, values, and relationships produced by such alternative methods of development and social agency. It asks whether such spatial practices provide concrete realisations of some key concepts of Western spatial theory, questioning whether we might challenge the space and architectures of capitalist development by learning from the places and practices of others. Exploring these themes offers a critical examination of alternative development practices methods in the Global South, re-contextualising them as architectural engagements with socio-political space. The comparison of such interdisciplinary contexts and discourses reveals the political, social, and economic resonances inherent between these previously unconnected spatial protagonists. The interdependence of spatial issues of choice, value, and identity are revealed through a comparative study of the discourses of Henri Lefebvre, John Turner, Doreen Massey, and Nabeel Hamdi. These key protagonists offer a critical framework of discourses from which further connections to socio-spatial discourses and concepts are made, including post-marxist theory, orientalism, post-structural pluralism, development anthropology, post-colonial theory, hybridity, difference and subalterneity. By looking to the spaces and practices of alternative development in the Global South this book offers a critical reflection upon the working practices of Westernised architecture and other spatial and political practices. In exploring the methodologies, implications and values of such participatory development practices this book ultimately seeks to articulate the positive potential and political of learning from the difference, multiplicity, and otherness of development practice in order to re-imagine architecture and space. .

The Future We're Building

Author : Arlo Voss
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1456657844
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book The Future We're Building written by Arlo Voss and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2024-11-08 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover How Today's Innovations Will Shape Tomorrow's World In an era where technology's rapid evolution is reshaping every facet of human existence, a compelling journey awaits those who seek to understand the forces at play. The Future We're Building: How Today's Innovations Will Shape Tomorrow's World invites readers to explore a mosaic of breakthroughs that are set to redefine the human experience. Step into the future with Chapter 1, where the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence is poised to tackle modern challenges and revamp the societal landscape. As you dive deeper, uncover how renewable energy innovations are overcoming the globe's most pressing energy conundrums in Chapter 2, while biotechnology heralds a new era of genetic and healthcare advancements in Chapter 3. Venture beyond Earth in Chapter 4, where space exploration unveils its secrets, promising benefits that extend back to our home planet. Feel the urgency as technological solutions rally against climate change in Chapter 5, emphasizing the crucial role of collaborative innovation. Learn how transportation is on the brink of a cleaner, smarter transformation in Chapter 6, and embrace the concept of smart cities in Chapter 7. Explore the potential of tech-driven agricultural innovations in Chapter 8 and the transformative impact of digital learning solutions in Chapter 9. Discover the future of personalized medicine and global health improvements in Chapter 10, while Chapter 11 delves into how technology can foster an equitable society for all. Lastly, Chapter 12 navigates the ethical complexities of these advances, underscoring the necessity of responsible technological development. This book is more than just a chronicle of innovation; it's a call to action for all dreamers, thinkers, and doers to engage with the future unfolding before us. Prepare to be inspired and equipped with the knowledge to shape a world that's on the horizon.

Ruin and Redemption in Architecture

Author : Dan Barasch
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714878027
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Ruin and Redemption in Architecture written by Dan Barasch and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost, forgotten, reimagined, and transformed: the compelling beauty of abandoned, reinvented, and rescued architecture This book captures the awe-inspiring drama of abandoned, forgotten, and ruined spaces, as well as the extraordinary designs that can bring them back to life – demonstrating that reimagined, repurposed, and abandoned architecture has the beauty and power to change lives, communities, and cities the world over. The scale and diversity of abandoned buildings is shown through examples from all around the world, demonstrating the extraordinary ingenuity of their transformation by some of the greatest architectural designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Reimagining Parliament

Author : David Judge
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 152922702X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Parliament written by David Judge and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-05-22 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With trust in Parliament and politicians at a seriously low level, there is an increasing need to rebuild our public institutions. This innovative book questions what Parliament should be in the 21st century and how it can be reimagined. It shows how a new democratic parliamentary space can be created to better represent and engage with citizens; to furnish a safe, inclusive and fair working environment for all staff and members; and to secure greater responsiveness and accountability of government. Bringing together a vibrant group of parliamentary scholars and practitioners, it proposes an institutional world of possibilities beyond the present Westminster village, to help restore faith in democracy. .

Dementia Reimagined

Author : Tia Powell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735210918
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Dementia Reimagined written by Tia Powell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care. Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and then her mother, were diagnosed with dementia--not to mention confronting the hard truth that her own odds aren't great. In the U.S., 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day; by the time a person reaches 85, their chances of having dementia approach 50 percent. And the truth is, there is no cure, and none coming soon, despite the perpetual promises by pharmaceutical companies that they are just one more expensive study away from a pill. Dr. Powell's goal is to move the conversation away from an exclusive focus on cure to a genuine appreciation of care--what we can do for those who have dementia, and how to keep life meaningful and even joyful. Reimagining Dementia is a moving combination of medicine and memoir, peeling back the untold history of dementia, from the story of Solomon Fuller, a black doctor whose research at the turn of the twentieth century anticipated important aspects of what we know about dementia today, to what has been gained and lost with the recent bonanza of funding for Alzheimer's at the expense of other forms of the disease. In demystifying dementia, Dr. Powell helps us understand it with clearer eyes, from the point of view of both physician and caregiver. Ultimately, she wants us all to know that dementia is not only about loss--it's also about the preservation of dignity and hope.

Building Ideas

Author : Jay Pridmore
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022610737X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Building Ideas written by Jay Pridmore and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have been written about the University of Chicago over its 120-year history, but most of them focus on the intellectual environment, favoring its great thinkers and their many breakthroughs. Yet for the students and scholars who live and work here, the physical university—its stately buildings and beautiful grounds—forms an important part of its character. Building Ideas: An Architectural Guide to the University of Chicago explores the environment that has supported more than a century of exceptional thinkers. This photographic guide traces the evolution of campus architecture from the university’s founding in 1890 to its plans for the twenty-first century. When William Rainey Harper, the university’s first president, and the trustees decided to build a set of Gothic quadrangles, they created a visual link to European precursors and made a bold statement about the future of higher education in the United States. Since then the university has regularly commissioned forward-thinking architects to design buildings that expand—or explode—traditional ideals while redefining the contemporary campus. Full of panoramic photographs and exquisite details, Building Ideas features the work of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Ives Cobb, Holabird & Roche, Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Netsch, Ricardo Legorreta, Rafael Viñoly, César Pelli, Helmut Jahn, and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. The guide also includes guest commentaries by prominent architects and other notable public figures. It is the perfect collection for Chicago alumni and students, Hyde Park residents and visitors, and anyone inspired by the institutional ideas and aspirations of architecture.

Life Reimagined

Author : Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101622970
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Life Reimagined written by Barbara Bradley Hagerty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic and inspiring exploration of the new science that is redrawing the future for people in their forties, fifties, and sixties for the better—and for good. There’s no such thing as an inevitable midlife crisis, Barbara Bradley Hagerty writes in this provocative, hopeful book. It’s a myth, an illusion. New scientific research explodes the fable that midlife is a time when things start to go downhill for everybody. In fact, midlife can be a great new adventure, when you can embrace fresh possibilities, purposes, and pleasures. In Life Reimagined, Hagerty explains that midlife is about renewal: It’s the time to renegotiate your purpose, refocus your relationships, and transform the way you think about the world and yourself. Drawing from emerging information in neurology, psychology, biology, genetics, and sociology—as well as her own story of midlife transformation—Hagerty redraws the map for people in midlife and plots a new course forward in understanding our health, our relationships, even our futures.

Architecture and Freedom

Author : Owen Hopkins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119332621
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Architecture and Freedom written by Owen Hopkins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architects are facing a crisis of agency. For decades, they have seen their traditional role diminish in scope as more and more of their responsibilities have been taken over by other disciplines within the building construction industry. Once upon a time, we might have seen the architect as the conductor of the orchestra; now he or she is but one cog in a vast and increasingly complex machine. In an attempt to find a way out of this crisis, there is growing debate about how architects might reassert the importance of their role and influence. On one side of this argument are those who believe that architects must refocus their attention on the internal demands of the discipline. On the other are those who argue that architects must, instead, reacquaint themselves with what many still believe to be the discipline’s core mission of advancing social progress and promoting the public good, and at the same time the scope of their traditional disciplinary remit. At root, this question is fundamentally about freedom, about whether architects still possess it – if they have ever done – and whether it is possible to find the professional, disciplinary and individual autonomy to be able to define the spheres of their own practice. Presenting a variety of views and perspectives, this issue of AD takes us to the heart of what freedom means for architecture as it adapts and evolves in response to the changing contexts in which it is practised in the 21st century. Contributors include: Phillip Bernstein, Peggy Deamer, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Kate Goodwin, Charles Holland, Anna Minton, Patrik Schumacher, Alex Scott-Whitby, Ines Weizman, and Sarah Wigglesworth. Featured architects: Atelier Kite, ScottWhitbyStudio, C+S Architects, Anupama Kundoo, Noero Architects, Umbrellium, and Zaha Hadid Architects.

Reimagining Industrial Sites

Author : Catherine Heatherington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315393166
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Industrial Sites written by Catherine Heatherington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discourse around derelict, former industrial and military sites has grown in recent years. This interest is not only theoretical, and landscape professionals are taking new approaches to the design and development of these sites. This book examines the varied ways in which the histories and qualities of these derelict sites are reimagined in the transformed landscape and considers how such approaches can reveal the dramatic changes that have been wrought on these places over a relatively short time scale. It discusses these issues with reference to eleven sites from the UK, Germany, the USA, Australia and China, focusing specifically on how designers incorporate evidence of landscape change, both cultural and natural. There has been little research into how these developed landscapes are perceived by visitors and local residents. This book examines how the tangible material traces of pastness are interpreted by the visitor and the impact of the intangible elements - hidden traces, experiences and memories. The book draws together theory in the field and implications for practice in landscape architecture and concludes with an examination of how different approaches to revealing and reimagining change can affect the future management of the site.

Design Thinking and Storytelling in Architecture

Author : Peter G. Rowe
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035628122
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Design Thinking and Storytelling in Architecture written by Peter G. Rowe and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2023-12-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Borderwall as Architecture

Author : Ronald Rael
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520283945
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Borderwall as Architecture written by Ronald Rael and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borderwall as public space / Teddy Cruz -- Ronald Rael -- Pilgrims at the wall / Marcello Di Cintio -- Borderwall as architecture / Ronald rael -- Transborderisms / Norma Iglesias-Prieto -- Recuerdos / Ronald Rael -- Why walls don't work / Michael Dear -- Afterwards / Ronald Rael

Theatre Buildings

Author : Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT)
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000964450
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Theatre Buildings written by Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2021, its Diamond Jubilee year, the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) undertook to revise Theatre Buildings: A Design Guide (Routledge, 2010). This new edition (Routledge, 2023) has substantially re-written text with fresh images and entirely new reference projects, providing essential guidance for all those engaged in the design of theatre buildings. Edited by Margaret Shewring (Emeritus Reader, University of Warwick, former Director of the Postgraduate Diploma and MA in Theatre Consultancy), this new publication is written by a team of international experts, architects, theatre consultants, acousticians, engineers and industry professionals led by Tim Foster (Foster Wilson Size) and Robin Townley (CEO of the ABTT). It provides an invaluable resource for those looking to build, remodel or conserve theatre buildings, taking into account the significant changes which have taken place in the last twelve years in all aspects of theatre design and technical practice. It locates those changes in the wider context of the need for sustainability in the theatre industry in response to the climate emergency, inclusivity, diversity of access, placemaking and concerns for health and wellbeing. This new edition provides guidance for anyone who seeks inspiration and encouragement to create or improve a place of entertainment or who seeks to understand what might be required to accommodate an audience for the presentation of live performance and the successful use, operation and organisation of such a venue. Its generous format and the thirty-two new reference projects, more than 260 high-resolution colour images and 175 diagrams and specially commissioned plans make it accessible and informative both to the general reader and the professional specialist.

Reimagining Adult Education as World Building

Author : Aliki Nicolaides
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100386015X
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Adult Education as World Building written by Aliki Nicolaides and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reimagining Adult Education as World Building offers a new way of thinking about adult education by re-envisaging how adult education works. It explores how the process of world building, or the invention of a new world or a set of concepts, can be translated into actual and feasible action when turning towards complex, real-life problems. Cultivating contexts where adult educators can become change agents, who recognize that the individual and community are intricately entangled, demands that educators grow new capacities, make new tools, develop thicker networks, and cultivate intentional links amongst each other to foster ecologies of transformation. This book shows how educators can create an ecology or environment for transformative thinking where students can learn to collaborate and use world building tools to create new responses to current issues. It begins by explaining the philosophical underpinnings of world building and the tools that translate pragmatic imagination into scaffolds for individual and collective capacity building. It also illustrates how the worldbuilding protocol makes a difference in adult learning and how this pedagogical tool introduces the ecological approach to adult education. Each chapter explores a practical case study, showing how learners have applied worldbuilding tools to complex challenges. Showing how to apply the world building protocol in a classroom setting, this edited collection will be valuable to Adult Education scholars, researchers, practitioners, and learning facilitators.

Expanding Fields of Architectural Discourse and Practice

Author : Matthew Butcher
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787356361
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Expanding Fields of Architectural Discourse and Practice written by Matthew Butcher and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding Fields of Architectural Discourse and Practice presents a selection of essays, architectural experiments and works that explore the diversity within the fields of contemporary architectural practice and discourse. Specific in this selection is the question of how and why architecture can and should manifest in a critical and reflective capacity, as well as to examine how the discipline currently resonates with contemporary art practice. It does so by reflecting on the first 10 years of the architectural journal, P.E.A.R. (2009 to 2019). The volume argues that the initial aims of the journal – to explore and celebrate the myriad forms through which architecture can exist – are now more relevant than ever to contemporary architectural discourse and practice. Included in the volume are architectural practitioners, design researchers, artists, architectural theorists, historians, journalists, curators and a paleobiologist, all of whom contributed to the first seven issues of the journal. Here, they provide a unique presentation of architectural discourse and practice that seeks to test new ground while forming distinct relationships to recent, and more longstanding, historical legacies. Praise for Expanding Fields of Architectural Discourse and Practice 'The story told by the authors of this work can thus be considered as the central tool of an architectural transgression.' Critique d’art

Reimagining Detroit

Author : John Gallagher
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814334690
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Detroit written by John Gallagher and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whether urban or rural dweller, academic or practitioner, the reader takes from Gallagher a deeper appreciation of both the challenges and opportunities that exist within our cities, challenges and opportunities that will ultimately impact our country."-Jay Williams, mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, from the foreword --Book Jacket.

City Sketching Reimagined

Author : Jeanette Barnes
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849948097
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book City Sketching Reimagined written by Jeanette Barnes and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed Royal Academy artist Jeanette Barnes and Paul Brandford breathe new life into sketching for town and city dwellers everywhere. Mercurial, inspirational, practical and charming, this guide covers everything from architecture to accidental paintings, cocktails to clouds, smudges to skyscrapers. With easily digested bite-size entries, it introduces many types of art materials, their uses and a number of insights and exercises to build confidence in a range of approaches to drawing. For the more experienced sketcher, the artists discuss the processes behind drawing and strategies to inject more creativity and open-mindedness about how to take a drawing forward. With great charm, the book gives a window onto the experiences of Jeanette, who has travelled to many cities worldwide in search of inspiring city subjects and a half-decent cocktail. Full of tips and ideas about working on location and back in the studio, this book is filled with the scribbles, sketches and preparatory drawings that feed into the larger works for which she is known. As a whole, the book is a multipurpose tool which can be used to unlock the potential of drawing both technically and philosophically so that the reader can be the architect of their own drawing experience rather than the recipient of someone else's. After thirty years of drawing, many of them teaching, the authors still feel an excitement when picking up a pencil or some charcoal. This book gives every reader the chance to share that excitement and bring urban living to life.