The critical reflections on and strong modernism influences have been significantly marked by the exile experiences of architects whose view of modern architecture was extended by their experiences in Latin America, India or Africa. How much is left of the social and political engagement that produced the heroic era of classical modernism, with its willingness to change society and the everyday life through design?
The book discusses relevant phenomena of architectural and urban transformation that shaped the discourse and debate in the 20th century and are taking place again now around the world, in the global north and south. The phenomena are identifiable for their permanent and stable connotations, but also their strong flexibility to be further re-developed. Therefore, they are attributed to immanent conditions, suggesting again the centrality of the issue of housing and the role of collective space.
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language: english
format: 21 x 28 cm, 172 pages
published: july 2018
syntagma-verlag
ISBN: 978-3-940548-60-3
€ 35.00