All-inclusive engagement in architecture : towards the future of social change /
edited by Farhana Ferdous and Bryan Bell.
- pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pedagogical engagement -- Scholarship of engagement -- Practices and tools of contemporary engagement -- Public engagement and public health.
"Should all-inclusive engagement be the major task of architecture? All-Inclusive Engagement in Architecture: Towards the Future of Social Change presents the case that the answer is yes. Through original contributions and case studies, this volume shows that socially engaged architecture is both a theoretical construct and a professional practice navigating the global politics of poverty, charity, health, technology, neoliberal urbanism, and the discipline's exclusionary basis. The scholarly ideas and design projects of fifty-eight thought leaders demonstrate the architect's role as a revolutionary social agent. Exemplary works are included from the United States, Mexico, Canada, Africa, Asia and Europe. This book offers a comprehensive overview and in-depth analysis of all-inclusive engagement in public interest design for instructors, students, and professionals alike, showing how this approach to architecture can bring forth a radical reformation of the profession and its relationship to society"--
9780367341961 9780367341954
2020028599
Architecture and society--Case studies. Social change--Case studies.