{"title":"Omar Gandhi","description":"\u003cp\u003eOmar Gandhi's work invites readers into a rich exploration of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, blending thoughtful reflection with vivid storytelling. His writing thoughtfully navigates the spaces \u003cem\u003ewithin and without\u003c\/em\u003e, revealing layers of human experience and creative expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a poetic sensibility, Gandhi's books offer a profound contemplation on our relationship to art, place, and identity. His narratives resonate with readers who appreciate depth and nuance in cultural discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"within-or-without-by-jackilin-bloom-9781948765473","title":"Within or Without","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScott Ruff's studio, \u003cem\u003eGullah\/Geechee Institute\u003c\/em\u003e, investigated architecture's role as a cultural signifier in the African-American GullahGeechee community off the South Carolina coast. It challenged students to translate cultural ideas into tectonic and spatial strategies for a monument, museum, and memorial that serves as a gateway to the GullahGeechee corridor, incorporating public interpretive and historical programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Florencia Pita and Jackilin Bloom's studio, \u003cem\u003eEasy Office\u003c\/em\u003e, students experimented with ways of generating new spatial, formal, material, and narrative ideas through the processes of collecting, collaging, and casting everyday objects. The studio considered notions of the creative office and the workplace based on the unexpected space, form, and materiality that emerged from these processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStudents in Omar Gandhi's studio, \u003cem\u003eWhere the Wild Things Are\u003c\/em\u003e, designed a campus of creatures for Rabbit Snare Gorge on the north coast of Cape Breton Island. They focused on a series of interventions that used vernacular approaches to produce specific functions, develop a process or ideology, and frame sensory experience. The students explored how Nova Scotia's regional architecture takes advantage of phenomenological opportunities available on the site and inspires new responses to climate and geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428462510316,"sku":"9781948765473","price":74.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781948765473.jpg?v=1774496606"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/omar-gandhi.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}