Architecture in times of multiple crises : everyday utopianisms of care and radical spatial practices /

Under the premise that architecture makes life better, architecture is often presented as the solution to social problems, made green when promising sustainable futures, or fetishised as a cultural object for the creation of urban identities. Yet, what is it exactly that links architecture so closel...

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Main Author: Crijns, Carolina (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2023]
Series:Architekturen (Bielefeld, Germany) ; Bd.73.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Under the premise that architecture makes life better, architecture is often presented as the solution to social problems, made green when promising sustainable futures, or fetishised as a cultural object for the creation of urban identities. Yet, what is it exactly that links architecture so closely to the pursuit of a good life? How is this link interrelated with crisis and crisis thinking? To what extent do belief systems in architecture influence its capacity to deal with crises? Carolina Crijns not only explores the transformative potential in radically rethinking architecture's central concepts but introduces a method of utopian speculation for practices ambitious of social change.
Physical Description:1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839467466
3839467462