Five Ways to Make Architecture Political: An Introduction to the Politics of Design Practice - Couverture souple

Yaneva, Prof Albena

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1350089710 ISBN 13 : 9781350089716

Editeur : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2018

Synopsis

Five Ways to Make Architecture Political presents an innovative pragmatist agenda that will inspire new thinking about the politics of design and architectural practice. Moving beyond conventional conversations about design and politics, the book shows how recent developments in political philosophy can transform our understanding of the role of the architect. It asks: how, when, and under what circumstances can design practice generate political relations? How can architectural design become more 'political'?

Five central chapters, which can be read alone or in sequence, explore the answers to these questions. Powerfully pragmatic in approach, each presents one of the 'five ways to make architecture political', and each is illustrated by case studies from a range of contemporary situations around the world. We see how politics happens in architectural practice, learn how different design technologies have political effects, and follow how architects reach different publics, trigger reactions and affect different communities worldwide.

Combining an accessible introduction to contemporary political concepts with a practical approach for a more political kind of practice, this book will stimulate debate among students and theorists alike, and inspire action in established and start-up practices.

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À propos de l'auteur

Albena Yaneva is Professor of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, USA.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Five Ways to Make Architecture Political presents an innovative pragmatist agenda that will inspire new thinking about the politics of design and architectural practice. Moving beyond conventional conversations about design and politics, the book shows how recent developments in political philosophy can transform our understanding of the role of the architect. It asks: how, when, and under what circumstances can design practice generate political relations? How can architectural design become more 'political'?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1350089710
• ISBN 13: 9781350089716
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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