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The Social (Re)Production of Architecture: Politics, Values and Actions in Contemporary Practice
Doina Petrescu
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The Social (Re)Production of Architecture brings the debates of the `right to the city' into today's context of ecological, economic and social crises. Building on the 1970s' discussions about the `production of space', which French sociologist Henri Lefebvre considered a civic right, the authors question who has the right to make space, and explore the kinds of relations that are produced in the process. In the emerging post-capitalist era, this book addresses urgent social and ecological imperatives for change and opens up questions around architecture's engagement with new forms of organization and practice. The book asks what (new) kinds of ... Read more
The Social (Re)Production of Architecture brings the debates of the `right to the city' into today's context of ecological, economic and social crises. Building on the 1970s' discussions about the `production of space', which French sociologist Henri Lefebvre considered a civic right, the authors question who has the right to make space, and explore the kinds of relations that are produced in the process. In the emerging post-capitalist era, this book addresses urgent social and ecological imperatives for change and opens up questions around architecture's engagement with new forms of organization and practice. The book asks what (new) kinds of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138859494
SKU
V9781138859494
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Ref
99-3
About Doina Petrescu
Doina Petrescu is Professor of Architecture and Design Activism at the University of Sheffield, UK. Kim Trogal is lecturer at the Canterbury School of Architecture, University for the Creative Arts, UK.
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