Housing
Design, Research, Education
Published on 26. August 1993
Book
Hardback
285 pages
978-1-85628-515-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text approaches housing from urban, architectural, psychological and cultural points of view with an emphasis on the problems of design research and education. It is multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural and aims to assert the importance of housing socially and academically. It is also intended to be fairly broad in its geographical and disciplinary coverage, in an integrated framework.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps,plans
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85628-515-5 (9781856285155)
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Content
Part 1 Housing - research, theory and education: learning housing designing - the "home-less" design education, N. Teymur; housing and homes - agenda for future research, R. Lawrence; design theory in context of the recent history of housing research, E.S. Brierley. Part 2 Social dimensions of housing: home-based workers - studies in the adaption of space, M. Bulos and W. Chaker; autobiographical reports of the residential experience - an explanatory study, M.V. Giuliani and G. Barbey; home and homelessness, J. Moore and D. Canter; "at home", "at work" - a boundary crossed, J. Randall; a bridge over a gap between living and design, I. Aravot; things don't need (designing and talking), R.K. Jarvis. Part 3 Culture of housing: research on the concept of home in ancient Scandinavia - a case study example, D.N. Benjamin; flexibility in the usage of dwelling, Y. Bernard; home as expression of identity, J.H. Jin; changing of lifestyles, changing housing form - Japanese housing in translation, S. Kose; continuation of vernacular in squatter settlements, G. Saglamer; life in between residential walls in Islamic cities, R. Samizay and B. Kazimee; what makes a house a home - the garden?, J. Sime. Part 4 Educational aspects: architectural education and architectural careers - the views of students in three countries, M. Symes; housing projects designed by students of architecture, H.L. Hentila.