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Housing shaped by labour : the architecture of scarcity in informal settlements / Ana Rosa Chagas Cavalcanti.

Fine Arts Library NA7555.B6 C38 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cavalcanti, Ana Rosa Chagas, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Working class--Dwellings--Brazil.
Working class.
Squatter settlements--Brazil.
Squatter settlements.
Architecture, Domestic.
Low-income housing.
Working class--Dwellings.
Brazil.
Low-income housing--Brazil.
Architecture, Domestic--Brazil--21st century.
Physical Description:
199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 21 cm
Other Title:
Housing shaped by labor
Place of Publication:
Berlin : Jovis, [2018]
Summary:
Wie kann man die Wohnsituation in den informellen Siedlungen Brasiliens verbessern? Um die räumliche Logik dieser Siedlungen zu verstehen, hat die Autorin zehn Jahre lang recherchiert und temporär in Favelas gelebt. Ihre teilnehmende Beobachtung ergab, dass es nicht nur das Wohnen, sondern vor allem der Faktor Arbeit ist, der die Räume der Siedlungen gestaltet und prägt. Wenn Menschen ums Überleben kämpfen, hat die Möglichkeit zu arbeiten eine weit größere Bedeutung als ästhetische und hygienische Standards oder Fragen des Komforts, mit denen die Architektenschaft vorwiegend beschäftigt ist. Nicht das Recht auf Wohnen, sondern auch das Recht auf Arbeit sollte Entwurfsansätze für informelle Siedlungen prägen. Dieses Buch präsentiert Ansätze und Herausforderungen für bessere Wohnbedingungen im globalen Süden, vom theoretischen Diskurs bis hin zu konkreten Architekturbeispielen.
This book shares the results of a decade of research aimed at finding housing solutions for underprivileged people. In Brazil, the architect Ana Rosa Chagas Cavalcanti temporarily lived in favelas to better understand their spatial logic. This participative observation revealed that labour is the primary social practice shaping, designing, and governing the spaces of these informal settlements. The study shows that, for people struggling with their physical survival, labour is a priority which outweighs the aesthetic, comfort, and hygiene standards that current architectural practices are chiefly concerned with. Therefore, the right to housing must integrate the right to work, and labour must be considered a key social variable when designing housing solutions for informal settlement contexts. From theoretical discussions to examples of real architecture in the global south, this book presents both challenges and potential approaches to creating better housing for the residents of informal settlements.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199).
ISBN:
9783868595345
3868595341
OCLC:
1079342982

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