1st Edition

The Social (Re)Production of Architecture Politics, Values and Actions in Contemporary Practice

Edited By Doina Petrescu, Kim Trogal Copyright 2017
406 Pages 128 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

406 Pages 128 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. The Social (Re)Production of Architecture in 'crisis riddled' times Doina Petrescu and Kim Trogal  Part 1: Politics  2. Notes on Social Production. A Brief Commentary Tatjana Schneider  3. Making Places, Building Communities, Empowering Citizens: Participatory Slum Upgrading in Thailand Supreeya Wungpatcharapon  4. Outside in Prison: Taking the Case of Spatial Rights to a Prison Court(yard) Gabu Heindl  5. Tea or Coffee? Politics and Bingo on the Pavements Peter Mutschler and Ruth Morrow  6. Decolonizing Architectural Education: Towards an Affective Pedagogy Pelin Tan  7. Neighbourhood Claims for the Future. Feminist Solidarity Urbanism in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Elke Krasny  8. Is "Tactical Urbanism" an Alternative to Neoliberal Urbanism? Reflections on an Exhibition at the MOMA Neil Brenner  9. Software and Spatial Practice: The Social (Co)production of Software or Software for Social (Co)production? Phil Langley  Part 2: Values  10. Diverse Economies, Space and Architecture: An Interview with Katherine Gibson  11. Caring: Making Commons, Making Connections Kim Trogal  12. Trade as Architecture: Public Realming Through Tangible Economies Kathrin Böhm  13. Metropolitan Commons: Spatial Commoning in Berlin’s Großer Tiergarten and Tempelhofer Feld Sandra Bartoli and Mathias Heyden  14. Social Property and the Need for a New Urban Practice Gabriela Rendón and Miguel Robles-Durán  15. Affordable Housing in Your Lifetime? Ana Džokić, Marc Neelen and Ana Vilenica□  16. Popular Brazilian Architecture in the Making- Or the Power of Productive Consumption Rainer Hehl  Part 3: Actions  17. Tent Cities, People’s Kitchens, Free Universities. The Global Villages of Occupation Movements Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer  18. Tactical Practices of Creative Dissent Ana Betancour  19. In Action: Searching for the In Between City Alex Axinte and Cristi Borcan (studioBASAR)  20. Ways to be Public Rory Hyde  21. Cultivating Spatial Possibilities in Palestine: Searching for Sub/urban Bridges in Beit Iksa, Jerusalem Nasser Golzari and Yara Sharif  22. Old News from a Contact Zone. Action Archive in Tensta Meike Schalk  23. Hustadt Story - So Far Apolonija Šušteršič  24. A Bakery as a Site of Resistance Jeanne van Heeswijk  Index

Biography

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.