Will Davis
@wd4vis.bsky.social
Architectural historian. Plantation landscapes, soft materials, palm and bamboo, folklore, warfare. SNSF Ambizione Group Leader at USI.
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I'm happy this piece is out, taking the Villa Patumbah in Zürich as a starting point for thinking about the plantation as a place in Europe.
The story of the villa is traced through bamboo messages in the plantation owners' archives, revealing its darker history.
journals.openedition.org/abe/16588
The story of the villa is traced through bamboo messages in the plantation owners' archives, revealing its darker history.
journals.openedition.org/abe/16588
I Will Burn Tuan’s House: Tobacco, Opium, and the Villa Patumbah
It is early morning on the Patumbak estate in Deli, northeast Sumatra, around 1880. The tobacco plants are almost ready to be cut. Giant stumps of hardwood trees among the rows of tobacco are a rem...
journals.openedition.org
February 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm happy this piece is out, taking the Villa Patumbah in Zürich as a starting point for thinking about the plantation as a place in Europe.
The story of the villa is traced through bamboo messages in the plantation owners' archives, revealing its darker history.
journals.openedition.org/abe/16588
The story of the villa is traced through bamboo messages in the plantation owners' archives, revealing its darker history.
journals.openedition.org/abe/16588
When chapters follow you
January 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
When chapters follow you
Reposted by Will Davis
Restore, destroy or leave to rot? Battle lines drawn over west Africa’s architectural heritage
Restore, destroy or leave to rot? Battle lines drawn over west Africa’s architectural heritage
Uncompleted or abandoned buildings are a regular feature of the landscape. Now calls for restorations are increasing
Beneath mango trees in the lush garden of the Palais de Lomé, an oceanside estate in the Togolese capital, dozens of students from the…
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Restore, destroy or leave to rot? Battle lines drawn over west Africa’s architectural heritage
Reposted by Will Davis
Dr B R Ambedkar (1956), Frantz Fanon (1961), Babri Masjid (1992), Refaat Alareer (2023).
Imprints of 6th December on our minds.
Imprints of 6th December on our minds.
December 6, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Dr B R Ambedkar (1956), Frantz Fanon (1961), Babri Masjid (1992), Refaat Alareer (2023).
Imprints of 6th December on our minds.
Imprints of 6th December on our minds.
Taking a walk in the snow
November 28, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Taking a walk in the snow
Open workshop and seminars upcoming at AAM Mendrisio on 12th Dec, people in north Italy / south Switzerland, come along 🤗
November 26, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Open workshop and seminars upcoming at AAM Mendrisio on 12th Dec, people in north Italy / south Switzerland, come along 🤗