Contested legacies : critical perspectives on post war modern housing / edited by Andrea Migotto and Martino Tattara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Migotto, Andrea, editor.

Tattara, Martino, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apartment houses--History--21st century.

Apartment houses.

Apartment houses--History--20th century.

Planned communities--History--21st century.

Planned communities.

Planned communities--History--20th century.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

232 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, plans ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In the light of the current housing and environmental crisis and increasing social inequalities, there is a growing sense of urgency for architecture as a discipline to engage with the transformation in housing evident in the postwar period. Rather than conceiving this task as a technical matter, this book proposes to reassess the conditions and legacy of this large and ubiquitous housing stock. By foregrounding the mismatch between constructed cultural, social and ideological narratives and the everyday realities of residents, the contributors rediscover the value of often-overlooked modern open spaces and reconsider the technological advances that paved the way for this large-scale construction. 'Contested Legacies' advances a new notion of heritage which, rather than seeking to preserve the past, sets outs to actively transform what exists to meet current societal needs. It offers an "atlas" of exemplary cases, each illustrating a defining yet often neglected aspect of modern postwar housing, from which present engagement and active reflection can grow, making the book an appealing read for both scholars and housing practitioners worldwide.

In the light of the current housing and environmental crisis and increasing social inequalities, there is a growing sense of urgency for architecture as a discipline to engage with the transformation in housing evident in the postwar period. Rather than conceiving this task as a technical matter, this book proposes to reassess the conditions and legacy of this large and ubiquitous housing stock. By foregrounding the mismatch between constructed cultural, social and ideological narratives and the everyday realities of residents, the contributors rediscover the value of often-overlooked modern open spaces and reconsider the technological advances that paved the way for this large-scale construction.00'Contested Legacies' advances a new notion of heritage which, rather than seeking to preserve the past, sets outs to actively transform what exists to meet current societal needs. It offers an ?atlas? of exemplary cases, each illustrating a defining yet often neglected aspect of modern postwar housing, from which present engagement and active reflection can grow, making the book an appealing read for both scholars and housing practitioners worldwide.

Contents:

Introduction the past and future of postware housing estates: facts, heritage, project / Andrea Migotto and Martino Tattara

Part 1. The modern housing project is a social project: a critical reading

Chapter 1. Social housing and the regimes of time :a few moments within the long lines of (social) housing in Vienna and Austria / Michael Klein

Chapter 2. Too Big? Debunking scale myths with the London County Council Architect's Department. / Jesse Honsa

Chapter 3. A social critique of the large-scale modern housing project. / Martino Tattara

Part 2. Interpretations of the "unbuilt" space: forms, categories, and terms / Federico Coricelli and Nicola Russi

Chapter 5. The common space project: the case of Latin American neighbourhood units / Umberto Bonomo

Part 3. Agents mean histories: accounting for multiple experiences and agencies in postwar housing estates

Chapter 6. Living together: (the multiple) "stories" of an ordinary housing development in post-WWII Turin / Gaia Caramellino

Chapter 7. Gossip and complaint: ways of (re-)producing the social in housing "expertly" / Heidi Svenningsen Kajita

Part 4. Cultures of transformation

Chapter 8. Housing complexes in Brazil / Flávia Brito do Nascimento

Chapter 9. Modernism is dead, long live modernity: the Bijlmer and the project of "incompleteness" / Andrea Migotto.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9789462703728

9462703728

OCLC:

1368327671