Architecture in Effect #1 Rethinking the Social in Architecture: Making Effects Sten Gromark, Jennifer Mack, Roemer van Toorn Architecture in Effect present research on the co-constitution of architecture and the social by addressing concrete problems and forwarding explorative theories and methodologies. While it takes its point of departure from within the specific context that is Sweden, it includes contributions from authors based in the Nordic context, in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. A central premise of the collected research is that the built environment and societal norms are co-constitutive and that architecture as a discipline and as a professional practice plays a fundamental role in this relationship. Contemporary political and environmental conditions place specific demands on society and on the everyday life of individuals. There persists, as such, an obligation for actors within the discipline of architecture to contribute to a rethinking of the situated knowledges within architecture and interdisciplinary studies.
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ISBN English 978-1-940291-99-4 Publication date December 2018 $90 / 85€ / 69£ (2 vol.) Related Titles Self Suficient Habitat ISBN English 978-1-940291-73-4 Public Catalyst ISBN English 978-1-940291-20-8
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