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__The Social (Re)Production of Architecture__ brings the debates of the ‘right to the city’ into today’s context of ecological, economic and social crises. Building on the 1970s’ discussions about the ‘production of space’, which French sociologist Henri Lefebvre considered a civic right, the authors question who has the right to make space, and explore the kinds of relations that are produced in the process. In the emerging post-capitalist era, this book addresses urgent social and ecological imperatives for change and opens up questions around architecture’s engagement with new forms of organization and practice. The book asks what (new) kinds of ‘social’ can architecture (re)produce, and what kinds of politics, values and actions are needed. The book features 24 interdisciplinary essays written by leading theorists and practitioners including social thinkers, economic theorists, architects, educators, urban curators, feminists, artists and activists from different generations and global contexts. The essays discuss the diverse, global locations with work taking different and specific forms in these different contexts. A cutting-edge, critical text which rethinks both practice an

Who reads The Social (Re)Production of Architecture : Politics, Values and Actions in Contemporary Practice?

Author

Doina Petrescu and Kim Trogal

Publisher

Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317509226

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Architecture, Management, Art

Rating

5 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14