The architecture of psychoanalysis : spaces of transition / Jane Rendell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rendell, Jane, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and architecture.

Housing--Psychological aspects.

Housing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2019.

Summary:

"In this thought-provoking book, Jane Rendell explores how architectural space registers in psychoanalysis. She investigates both the inherently spatial vocabulary of psychoanalysis and ideas around the physical 'setting' of the psychoanalytic encounter, with reference to Sigmund Freud, D.W. Winnicott and Andre Green. Building on the innovative writing methods employed in Art and Architecture and Site-Writing, she also addresses the concept of architecture as 'social condenser' a Russian constructivist notion that connects material space and community relations. Tracing this idea's progress from 1920s Moscow to 1950s Britain, Rendell shows how interior and exterior meet in both psychoanalysis and architectural practice. Illuminating a novel field of interdisciplinary enquiry, this book breathes fresh life into notions of social space."--Publisher.

Contents:

May morn

The lost object

The Narkomfin Communal House, Moscow (1928-9)/2012-15

Longing for the lightness of spring

The transitional object

Unité d'Habitation, Marseilles (1947-52)/2012-15

May mourn

The setting

The Alton Estate, Roehampton, London (1954-8)2012-15

Moss green

Afterwardsness

The Children's Home Laboratory, Moscow (1921-5)/2012-15

Afterwords

Figurations

Forwards.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350988453

1350988456

9781786730480

1786730480

9781786720481

1786720485

OCLC:

1128170815