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OverviewA participative approach to architecture challenges many of the normative values of traditional architecture and, in particular, issues of authorship, control, aesthetics and the role of the user. The book explores how a participative approach may lead to new spatial conditions, as well as to new types of architectural practices and investigates the way that the user has been included in the design process. Where many architectural books concentrate on formal or aesthetic issues, this book explicitly opens up the social and political aspects of our built environment, and the way that the eventual users may shape it. As government policies throughout the world call for more involvement by people in the making of their environment, the issue of participation has become of central concern to architects, clients, funders, users and government officers. However, participation often remains as a token gesture; this book promises to make a major contribution to the field by arguing for a more considered approach to architectural participation. Architecture and Participation brings together leading international practitioners and theorists in the field, ranging from the 1960s pioneers of participation to some of the major contemporary figures in the field. It is divided into three sections, looking at the politics, histories and practices of participation. Through the inclusion of both theory and practice, the book gives both a broad theoretical background and more direct examples of participation in practice. The first section, the politics pf participation, explores the broader context within which participation is set, outlining themes that should be taken into account in any participatory process. The second section, histories of participation, includes work from some of the seminal European figures. The third section, practices of participation, shows examples of how leading practitioners have put their ideas into action. The book is illustrated throughout. The underlying theme of the book is that participation is not merely a pragmatic or expedient activity, but one that must be informed by theory and precedent. The book explores how a participative approach may lead to new spatial conditions, as well as to new types of architectural practices, and investigates the way that the user has been included in the design process. Where many architectural books concentrate on formal or aesthetic issues, this book explicitly opens up the social and political aspects of our built environment, and the way that the eventual users may shape it.The book will be useful to both students, practitioners as well as policy makers in the field. Introduction. Peter Blundell Jones, Doina Petrescu, Jeremy Till SECTION 1: POLITICS OF PARTICIPATION 1. Architecture's Public Giancarlo De Carlo 2. The Negotiation of Hope Jeremy T Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Blundell Jones (University of Sheffield, UK) , Doina Petrescu (University of Sheffield, UK) , Jeremy Till (University of Sheffield, UK) , Jeremy Till (University of Westminster, London, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.720kg ISBN: 9780415317450ISBN 10: 0415317452 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 01 February 2005 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Politics of Participation 1. Architecture's Public 2. The Negotiation of Hope 3. Losing Control, Keeping Desire 4. Mass Housing Cannot be Sustained 5. Reinventing Public Participation: Planning in the Age of Consensus 6. How Inhabitants Can Become Collective Developers 7. City/Democracy: Retrieving Citizenship Part 2: Histories of Participation 8. Sixty-Eight and After 9. Fragments of Participation in Architecture 1963-2002 10. Notes on Participation 11. Kemal Özcül: Eco Prize 2034 12. Özcül Postcript: The Gelsenkirchen School as Built Part 3: Practices of Participation 13. Animal Town Planning and Homeopathic Architecture 14. 'What if?' A Narrative Process15. Politics Beyond the White Cube 16. How Do You Do 'What You Do' ? 17. Urban Catalysis and Other Games 18. Points, Spirals and Prototypes 19. Your Place, or Mine?Reviews'[This book] is both stimulating and timely ... I commend [it] because of its ever-greater relevance.' - Robin Nicholson Author InformationPeter Blundell Jones is Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield and a frequent contributor to The Architectural Review. Doina Petrescu is lecturer in architecture at the University of Sheffield and member of Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée in Paris. She has written, lectured and practiced individually and collectively on issues of gender, technology, (geo)politics and poetics of space. Jeremy Till is Professor of Architecture and Head of the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield. He is also a Director of Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, an award winning practice. With degrees in both philosophy and architecture, his writings interrogate the relationship of theory to practice. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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