Teymur / Markus / Woolley Rehumanizing Housing

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-0347-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Web PDF

Rehumanizing Housing is a proceeding of a conference of the same name, which was held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, on 27 February 1987. This conference is a gathering of experts from different fields who discussed the subject of housing. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 discusses topics such as concepts, principles, and terminologies, related to housing; prescription in housing design; and problems in housing, while Part 2 deals with housing design, space and enclosure, and management. Part 3 covers the history of housing; its possible direction in the future; and the restructuring of the housing market. The text is recommended for suburban planners, architects, and those involved in real estate and the housing business, especially those who would like to know more about the trends in the subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teymur, Necdet

Markus, Thomas A

Woolley, Tom

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Rehumanizing Housing;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Editors' note;8
6;Contributors;10
7;Chapter 1. Rehumanizing the dehumanized;12
7.1;Issues, action and debate;12
7.2;The political arena;14
7.3;Is housing part of the 'building' stock;16
7.4;Education;19
7.5;Language;20
7.6;Research;22
7.7;Things v. people;24
7.8;Acknowledgement;26
8;Part1: Housing in context: concepts, language, discourse;28
8.1;Chapter 2. The pathology of housing discourse;30
8.1.1;Prologue;30
8.1.2;Introduction: definitions and summary;30
8.1.3;Housing discourse;31
8.1.4;Analysis of the housing discourse;32
8.1.5;Housing pathology;33
8.1.6;'Housing system' and the sources of discursive pathology;35
8.1.7;Fragmentation in the concept of housing;37
8.1.8;The architectural (dis)connections;38
8.1.9;Conclusion;40
8.1.10;Notes;41
8.1.11;References;42
8.2;Chapter 3. From Tudor Walters to Parker Morris: prescription in housing design;43
8.2.1;Introduction;43
8.2.2;Methods of analysis;44
8.2.3;Housing design guides;45
8.2.4;Conclusion;52
8.2.5;References;63
8.3;Chapter 4. Housing problems and the dangers of certainty;64
8.3.1;Introduction;64
8.3.2;Design process and scientific inquiry;64
8.3.3;An uncertain foundation;66
8.3.4;Housing certainties and housing problems;67
8.3.5;Values and context;68
8.3.6;Conclusion;69
8.3.7;References;70
9;Part 2: Housing as context: design, space, management;72
9.1;Chapter 5. Against enclosure;74
9.1.1;Introduction: enclosure, repetition, hierarchy = fragmentation;74
9.1.2;Urban space isn't about enclosure;75
9.1.3;Towns as deformed grids;78
9.1.4;Integrating cores;79
9.1.5;Encounter fields;82
9.1.6;Lost properties;88
9.1.7;Vulnerability to crime;88
9.1.8;So how should we rehumanize housing;97
9.1.9;References;99
9.2;Chapter 6. Utopia and reality: the Utopia of public housing and its reality at Broadwater Farm;100
9.2.1;Introduction;100
9.2.2;House form and social life: from single family home to multi-storey blocks;100
9.2.3;Public housing for the deserving and the undeserving poor;104
9.2.4;A case in point: the Broadwater Farm Estate;109
9.2.5;Conclusion;111
9.3;Chapter 7. A call for intensive management: the UK experience;112
9.3.1;Introduction;112
9.3.2;Intensive management and bespokeness;112
9.3.3;From argument to application;114
9.3.4;Case 1: All Saints Tenants' Management Co-operative;115
9.3.5;Case 2: Gloucester House;118
9.3.6;Concluding points for discussion;120
9.3.7;Notes;121
9.3.8;References;121
9.3.9;Acknowledgements;121
9.4;Chapter 8. Do tenants want to manage the problems;122
9.4.1;Introduction;122
9.4.2;The context of privatization and decay;123
9.4.3;Glasgow's innovations;124
9.4.4;The role of the Community Ownership Programme;125
9.4.5;The role of consultants in the development process;127
9.4.6;The tenants;128
9.4.7;Costs and standards;130
9.4.8;Wider implications;130
9.4.9;References;133
9.5;Chapter 9. Caretaking—who cares;134
9.5.1;Introduction;134
9.5.2;Municipal housekeeping;135
9.5.3;What is caretaking?;135
9.5.4;Divisions of labour in caretaking;136
9.5.5;Moral values and caretaking;138
9.5.6;Caretaking: policing by consent;140
9.5.7;The value of caretaking;141
9.5.8;Concluding comments;141
9.5.9;Notes;142
9.5.10;References;142
10;Part 3: Housing as ideology: reality, Utopia, history;144
10.1;Chapter 10. Technology and social needs;146
10.1.1;Introduction;146
10.1.2;Plan form;147
10.1.3;Security;148
10.1.4;Maintenance;150
10.1.5;Conclusion;151
10.2;Chapter 11. Utopia in context: state, class and the restructuring of the housing market in the twentieth century;153
10.2.1;The attack on public housing;153
10.2.2;The state and the modernization of the housing market;155
10.2.3;Housing policy and housing standards;157
10.2.4;The social composition of council housing;160
10.2.5;Conclusion;162
10.2.6;References;163
10.3;Chapter 12. Malaise, design and history: scholarship and experience on trial;165
10.3.1;Precision versus confusion;165
10.3.2;The historical dimension;168
10.3.3;The two estates;170
10.3.4;The uses of history;172
10.3.5;Appendix;174
10.3.6;References;175
10.4;Chapter 13. Private answers to public questions;177
10.4.1;Introduction;177
10.4.2;The solution seekers;177
10.4.3;Housing as process;181
10.4.4;Products and processes brought together;183
10.4.5;Reflections on the survey;186
10.4.6;References;191
10.5;Chapter 14. Dystopian aesthetics—a refusal from 'nowhere'¹;193
10.5.1;Introduction;193
10.5.2;A Post-Modern metaphysic;193
10.5.3;Modernism—Coleman's hell;195
10.5.4;Civilizing the mob—Coleman's Utopia;197
10.5.5;Architecture for a new way of life;199
10.5.6;Anti-modernism, anti-utopianism—a refusal;203
10.5.7;Notes;203
10.5.8;References;204
11;Index;206