Governing by design : architecture, economy, and politics in the twentieth century / Aggregate ; Daniel M. Abramson [and nine others], contributors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aggregate (Group), author.

Contributor:

Abramson, Daniel M., contributor.

Series:

Culture, politics, and the built environment.

Culture, Politics, and the Built Environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Design--Social aspects--History--20th century.

Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Governing by Design offers a unique perspective on twentieth-century architectural history. It disputes the primacy placed on individuals in the design and planning process and instead looks to the larger influences of politics, culture, economics, and globalization to uncover the roots of how our built environment evolves.In these chapters, historians offer their analysis on design as a vehicle for power and as a mediator of social currents. Power is defined through a variety of forms: modernization, obsolescence, technology, capital, ergonomics, biopolitics, and others. The chapters explore the diffusion of power through the establishment of norms and networks that frame human conduct, action, identity, and design. They follow design as it functions through the body, in the home, and at the state and international level.Overall, Aggregate views the intersection of architecture with the human need for what Foucault termed "governmentality"--societal rules, structures, repetition, and protocols--as a way to provide security and tame risk. Here, the conjunction of power and the power of design reinforces governmentality and infuses a sense of social permanence despite the exceedingly fluid nature of societies and the disintegration of cultural memory in the modern era"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction - Daniel M. Abramson, Arindam Dutta, Timothy Hyde, and Jonathan Massey for Aggregate

Part I. Food, Shelter, and the Body

Chapter 1. Preserved Assets - Michael Osman

Chapter 2. Risk and Regulation in the Financial Architecture of American Houses - Jonathan Massey

Chapter 3. Boston's West End: Urban Obsolescence in Mid-Twentieth-Century America - Daniel M. Abramson

Chapter 4. The Interface: Ergonomics and the Aesthetics of Survival - John Harwood

Part II. Global States and Citizens

Chapter 5. "Mejores Ciudades, Ciudadanos Mejores": Law and Architecture in the Cuban Republic - Timothy Hyde

Chapter 6. Dwelling, Dispute, and the Space of Modern Iran - Pamela Karimi

Chapter 7. Boundary Games: Ecochard, Doxiadis, and the Refugee Housing Projects under Military Rule in Pakistan, 1953-1959 - M. Ijlal Muzaffar

Part III. Engineering and Culture

Chapter 8. The Design of the Nubian Desert: Monuments, Mobility,and the Space of Global Culture - Lucia Allais

Chapter 9. Decree, Design, Exhibit, Consume: Making Modern Markets in France, 1953-1979 - Meredith TenHoor

Chapter 10. Marginality and Metaengineering: Keynes and Arup - Arindam Dutta

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

"Architectural History Collaborative"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822977896

0822977893

OCLC:

808778123