Post-War Public Housing and Well-Being

Modernity, Economic Recovery, and Social Change
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-86530-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This collection illustrates the evolving role of housing as a symbol of modernity, a tool for economic recovery, and a response to societal transitions. It argues that understanding earlier efforts to integrate well-being in the 20th century can provide valuable insights for contemporary actors in the built environment who are working to address these issues today. As such, it explores and shines light on this lesser-known history, drawing on case studies it focuses on the intersection of public housing, well-being, and social change in the aftermath of the Second World War. With case studies from the UK, US, Singapore, Japan, Germany, China, and Spain, this volume provides insights into how these countries have shaped the values, designs, and institutions of their dwellings. By incorporating diverse cultural contexts, it contributes to a nuanced understanding of housing dynamics and well-being. Through a multidisciplinary lens, this volume encourages a re-evaluation of living conditions and fundamental values, emphasizing the dynamic interplay between humans, their social environment, and diverse living environments.

This book is essential for scholars, researchers, professionals, students, policymakers, and practitioners in cultural history, architecture, planning, urban studies, sociology, education, and public policy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuroishi, Izumi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  Section 1: Well-Being and Social Ethos  1. How Do People Want to Live?’: Catherine Bauer and Social Questions in Modern American Housing  2. Ideas of Health and Well-Being as Understood and Applied in the Design and Planning of Post-War British Public Housing  3. The Idea of Life (Seikatsu) and Well-Being in Japanese Pre- and Post-War Housing  Section 2: Well-Being, Urban Space and Accessibility  4. Designing for Well-Being in Large Housing Estates in East and West Berlin: Märkisches Viertel and Marzahn  5. The Impact of Housing Access Policies on Wellbeing in Spain  6. Nishiyama Uzo: Writing for Housing and Planning for Well-Being in Post-War Japan  Section 3: Well-Being, Ideological and Personal Affluence  7. The Impact of Well-Being on Housing Policies and the Consumption of Durable Goods in Postwar West Germany  8. Post-War Housing and the Concept of Wellbeing: A Comparison of the United States and China  9. Housing Security and Policy over the Long Run, Japan 1600–2000  Section 4: Well-Being in the 21st Century  10. Well-Rounded Well-Being: The Low-Carbon Bioclimatic Architecture of the Balearic Housing Institute  11. Living Together with Dementia: Domestic Rearrangements

Über Autor(innen)

Izumi Kuroishi is Professor at Fukushima Gakuin University and is the chair of Japan Lifeology Academy.