
On Care and Architecture
An Auto-Ethnographic Approach
Anthony Clarke(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 4. March 2026
216 pages
978-1-040-64944-2 (ISBN)
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This book argues that current techniques and representation of architectural practice can take on greater significance and generate a more meaningful societal and professional contribution if they are developed through a lens of care. This lens of care, however, requires a fundamental repositioning in the way architects and designers orientate themselves within each project.
Through an innovative methodology combining auto-ethnography and design research, this book prioritises user and architect knowledge and experience to identify, examine and discuss six key themes: care, integrity, advocacy, accountability, sensibility and sustainability. Collectively these themes contribute valuable insights into the meaningful and maintainable incorporation of lived experience into the processes of architecture. This book argues that this adaptation requires a genuine and deeply considered recognition of personal attitudes, approaches and ingrained presumptions. This book advocates for self-reflection as a valuable, more conscious and explicit component in the design process. It illustrates that greater personal and professional relationships can be formed through the acknowledgement of mutual vulnerabilities, and the development of trust, respect and appropriately placed curiosity, and that this is evident in the design delivery and ultimate construction of built space.
This book will be of interest to architects, researchers and students of architecture and design, as well as healthcare professionals.
Through an innovative methodology combining auto-ethnography and design research, this book prioritises user and architect knowledge and experience to identify, examine and discuss six key themes: care, integrity, advocacy, accountability, sensibility and sustainability. Collectively these themes contribute valuable insights into the meaningful and maintainable incorporation of lived experience into the processes of architecture. This book argues that this adaptation requires a genuine and deeply considered recognition of personal attitudes, approaches and ingrained presumptions. This book advocates for self-reflection as a valuable, more conscious and explicit component in the design process. It illustrates that greater personal and professional relationships can be formed through the acknowledgement of mutual vulnerabilities, and the development of trust, respect and appropriately placed curiosity, and that this is evident in the design delivery and ultimate construction of built space.
This book will be of interest to architects, researchers and students of architecture and design, as well as healthcare professionals.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
31 Line drawings, black and white; 64 Halftones, black and white; 95 Illustrations, black and white
File size
43,49 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-64944-2 (9781040649442)
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approx. 03/2026
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€215.77
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Person
Anthony Clarke (PhD) is director of the award-winning practice, BLOXAS - A Practice for Empathic and Experimental Architecture. BLOXAS and Anthony have been widely published both nationally and internationally. Anthony is a Dean's Invited Assistant Professor at Columbia University - GSAPP and is an active educator at various Australian Universities including Monash University (MADA). Anthony, alongside Dr Jos Boys and Associate Professor John Gardner were the series editors for the publication 'Neurodivergence and Architecture' published by Elsevier in 2022.
Content
0. Introduction 1. Care 2. Integrity 3. Advocacy 4. Accountability 5. Sensibility 6. Sustainability 7. Conclusion 8. Bibliography 9. Transcriptions
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