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The Practice Turn in Architecture : Brussels After 1968.

Doucet, Isabelle.

The Practice Turn in Architecture : Brussels After 1968. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages) - Ashgate Studies in Architecture Series . - Ashgate Studies in Architecture Series .

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Colour Plates -- List of Black and White Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The City as a Practice -- 2 Counter-projects -- 3 Interstitial Activism -- 4 Participatory Challenges -- 5 Learning from Things -- 6 Unsung Heroes -- 7 Conclusions: Towards a Cautious Pragmatism -- Appendix: Interviews and Exchanges with Brussels Stakeholders -- Index.

Inspired by pragmatist-relational philosophies, this book studies a series of critical actions and tools, which occurred in Brussels' architectural and urban culture after 1968.

9781315308746


Architecture and society--Belgium--Brussels--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

NA2543.S6.D67 2015

720.103

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