Publication contribution
In: Genealogy of Bassac
Brian McGrath and Pen Sereypagna (Eds.)
Terreform, New York, 2021
Genealogy of Bassac is the story of the White Building’s conception, inhabitation, abandonment, rehabilitation, eviction and demolition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 1963 to 2017.
Lu Ban Hap and the White Building: A chronicle of hope and destruction, interweaves the life of the Cambodian architect Lu Ban Hap with the history of his most prominent building to point out the many influences to which both the architect and the country were exposed in the 1960s, ultimately leading to such an extraordinary structure.
Further contributions are by Boramey, Chou Davy, Shelby Doyle, Erin Gleeson, William Greaves, Anders Jiras, Neang Kavich, Vuth Lyno, Roger Nelson, Chhum Phanith, Vandy Rattana, Sa Sa Art Projects, Khvay Samnang , Lim Sokchanlina, Sok Sovann, Toni Shapiro-Phim, Stiev Selapak Collective
The book is available here.
Top: Lu Ban Hap at his home near Paris. Photo: Moritz Henning, 2015
