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An architectural investigation of the Danish “good life”. How have spatial changes affected the welfare experiences of citizens? What happens when long-standing institutions are restructured, dismantled or displaced elsewhere? How do emerging types of welfare space inform-or become informed by-shifting conceptions of the role the welfare system plays in our everyday lives? This volume seeks to address these pressing questions and more. Using Denmark as a case study, the book traces spatial transformations in the country's welfare system, from the end of the so-called golden age of the welfare state in the early 1970s to today. Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring adopts a clear-eyed, nuanced perspective toward welfare and the “good life,” investigating the consequences of Denmark's neoliberal turn and other significant sociopolitical changes. A rich analytical sequence of drawn visualizations supplements the book's textual and photographic descriptions. AUTHORS: Deane Simpson is an architect and urban studies expert who teaches at the Royal Danish Academy School of Architecture Copenhagen and at BAS Bergen, where he is professor of architecture and urbanism. Kirsten Marie Raahauge is an anthropologist teaching at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, where she is professor with special duties. She is the project lead of Spaces of Danish Welfare and the head of the Center for Interior Studies. Her field of research is spatial anthropologies. She has been performing as a coeditor and an author of several publications within that field, e.g. Forming Welfare (2017) and The Design Concept (2016). Katrine Lotz is an architect, associate professor and Head of Department at Institute of Architecture, Urbanism & Landscape at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. Her main research interest is the changing relations between architecture, urbanism and society, with a particular focus on the Nordic welfare states. She has published, co-edited and participated in the public debate within that area, e.g. as a co-editor of Forming Welfare (2017). 598 illustrations

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