{"product_id":"ampersand-volume-six-sites-of-decline","title":"Ampersand Volume Six: Sites of Decline","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether at the scale of the home, neighborhood, city, or region, Sites of Decline continue to permeate architectural conversation. We have seen a plethora of images - portraying issues of power, desolation, abandonment, or optimism - collectively directing attention [and often times obsession] to any context which no longer resemble a previous image of itself. As a parallel to the massive amounts of creative energy and thought that have been pointed at the investigation of these sites, it begs the questions. So what? Now what?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collected projects of Ampersand Volume Six thrusts Ôdecline first-respondersÕ into one another, along with their stories, contexts, and agendas, concurrently reassessing the topic of decline, and detaching common tropes associated with it. DeclineÕs siblings Ð degradation, disaster, abandonment, and contamination Ð all make cameos throughout the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmpersand is a student-led publication at University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture \u0026amp; Urban Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David de Cespedes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44303522496673,"sku":"9781304837622","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/162d427y-front-shortedge-384_f5d53ff1-12e3-4cb9-9dc4-19812f032153.jpg?v=1748358969","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/ampersand-volume-six-sites-of-decline","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}