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On any given night, more than 650,000 people in the United States—many with families and full-time jobs—experience homelessness. The shortfall in affordable housing is estimated to be 5 million units or more. Devastating effects of these conditions include an increase in multigenerational poverty, a decrease in economic mobility, and—since the housing crisis has a(...)
Housing the nation: Social equity, architecture, and the future of affordable housing
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On any given night, more than 650,000 people in the United States—many with families and full-time jobs—experience homelessness. The shortfall in affordable housing is estimated to be 5 million units or more. Devastating effects of these conditions include an increase in multigenerational poverty, a decrease in economic mobility, and—since the housing crisis has a disproportionate impact on communities of color—a heightening of racial injustice. Assembled here are essays by economists, scholars, architects, planners, and community organizers to address diverse aspects of the subject. The book discusses the history and extent of the US housing crisis; permanent affordable housing and affordable housing as a component of market-rate residential buildings; the development of community associations that can build and manage local units; links between housing production and climate change; and the pervasive and long-term consequences of racial discrimination in the housing market.
Humans and cities
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Un manifeste en forme de témoignage pour réinventer la ville à hauteur d’enfant. Offerte aux citoyens les plus « forts » et aux voitures, dont la circulation et le parking dévorent l’espace public, la ville est progressivement devenue invivable, agressive, voire dangereuse pour les plus faibles, personnes âgées, handicapés et, par-dessus tout, les enfants, porteurs(...)
La ville des enfants : pour une [r]évolution urbaine
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Un manifeste en forme de témoignage pour réinventer la ville à hauteur d’enfant. Offerte aux citoyens les plus « forts » et aux voitures, dont la circulation et le parking dévorent l’espace public, la ville est progressivement devenue invivable, agressive, voire dangereuse pour les plus faibles, personnes âgées, handicapés et, par-dessus tout, les enfants, porteurs d’avenir. Et si nous inversions les choses? Si nous rendions la ville aux piétons, aux jeux des enfants, aux rencontres et aux échanges entre générations? Le projet apparemment utopiste de « Ville des enfants » présenté ici par Francesco Tonucci a déjà vu le jour dans plusieurs villes d’Europe et d’Amérique latine. Cet ouvrage, qui en détaille les modalités concrètes, en prouve la faisabilité. De quoi nourrir d’optimisme le débat, aujourd’hui très vivant, de la place de l’enfant-citoyen dans la ville.
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Bringing together essays and architectural projects that discuss housing as a key component in the social and urban development of the Ethiopian capital, which has undergone rapid changes over the past two decades – and led to disruptive consequences for the city’s physical and social fabric. Housing has been one of the key factors in this transformation, impacting job(...)
Global housing: dwelling in Addis Ababa
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Bringing together essays and architectural projects that discuss housing as a key component in the social and urban development of the Ethiopian capital, which has undergone rapid changes over the past two decades – and led to disruptive consequences for the city’s physical and social fabric. Housing has been one of the key factors in this transformation, impacting job creation, craftsmanship, social and spatial equality, dwelling practices, and more. Presenting twelve projects developed by graduate students from TU Delft’s Global Housing educational programme, the book explores alternative approaches to housing design from the perspective of this urban revolution.
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In "Dwelling in resistance", Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities-"The Farm," "Twin Oaks," "Dancing Rabbit," and "Earthships"-where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation practices differ markedly from those of the vast majority of Americans. Schelly portrays a wide range of residential living alternatives utilizing renewable,(...)
Dwelling in resistance: living with alternative technologies in America
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In "Dwelling in resistance", Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities-"The Farm," "Twin Oaks," "Dancing Rabbit," and "Earthships"-where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation practices differ markedly from those of the vast majority of Americans. Schelly portrays a wide range of residential living alternatives utilizing renewable, small-scale, de-centralized technologies. These technologies considerably change how individuals and communities interact with the material world, their natural environment, and one another. Using in depth interviews and compelling ethnographic observations, the book offers an insightful look at different communities' practices and principles and their successful endeavors in sustainability and self-sufficiency.
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Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home(...)
Restorative cities: urban design for mental health and wellbeing
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Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban design can affect our mental health – and created an imperative to seize this opportunity. ''Restorative cities'' explores a new way of designing cities, one which places mental health and wellness at the forefront. Establishing a blueprint for urban design for mental health, it examines a range of strategies – from sensory architecture to place-making for creativity and community – and brings a genuinely evidence-based approach that will appeal to designers and planners, health practitioners and researchers alike - and provide compelling insights for anyone who cares about how our surroundings affect us. Written by a psychiatrist and public health specialist, and an environmental psychologist with extensive experience of architectural practice, this much-needed work will prompt debate and inspire built environment students and professionals to think more about the positive potential of their designs for mental well-being.
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Although architecture alone cannot solve the problem of homelessness, the question arises: What and which roles can it play? How can architecture collaborate with other disciplines in developing ways to permanently house those who do not have a home? This volume seeks to explore and understand a reality that involves the expertise of national, regional, and city agencies,(...)
Who's next: homelessness, architecture and cities
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Although architecture alone cannot solve the problem of homelessness, the question arises: What and which roles can it play? How can architecture collaborate with other disciplines in developing ways to permanently house those who do not have a home? This volume seeks to explore and understand a reality that involves the expertise of national, regional, and city agencies, nongovernmental organizations, health-care fields, and academic disciplines. Through scholarly essays, interviews, analyses of architectural case studies, and research on the historical and current situation in Los Angeles, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, São Paulo, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Tokyo, this book unfolds different entry points toward understanding homelessness and some of the many related problems. The publication accompanies the exhibition “Who’s Next” by the Architekturmuseum München in Munich, Germany.
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Cities around the world are formulating plans to respond to climate change and adapt to its impact. Often, marginalized urban residents resist these plans, offering “counterplans” to protest unjust and exclusionary actions. In this book, Kian Goh examines climate change response strategies in three cities—New York, Jakarta, and Rotterdam—and the mobilization of community(...)
Form and flow: The spatial politics of urban resilience and climate
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Cities around the world are formulating plans to respond to climate change and adapt to its impact. Often, marginalized urban residents resist these plans, offering “counterplans” to protest unjust and exclusionary actions. In this book, Kian Goh examines climate change response strategies in three cities—New York, Jakarta, and Rotterdam—and the mobilization of community groups to fight the perceived injustices and oversights of these plans. Looking through the lenses of urban design and socioecological spatial politics, Goh reveals how contested visions of the future city are produced and gain power.
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Quel est le rôle du design dans la production de l’espace urbain? Le design souhaite-t-il n’être qu’un élément de la colonisation mercantile des espaces sociaux? Ou est-il capable de bâtir une ville citoyenne sur les ruines idéologiques des espaces urbains existants? Les huit essais rassemblés ici appellent à la formation d’une « ville citoyenne » (civic city) comme(...)
Civic City : notes pour le design d'une ville sociale, cahiers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Quel est le rôle du design dans la production de l’espace urbain? Le design souhaite-t-il n’être qu’un élément de la colonisation mercantile des espaces sociaux? Ou est-il capable de bâtir une ville citoyenne sur les ruines idéologiques des espaces urbains existants? Les huit essais rassemblés ici appellent à la formation d’une « ville citoyenne » (civic city) comme alternative au paradigme néolibéral du développement urbain.
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Both a learning platform and a pedagogical experiment, Urban School Ruhr is built upon the foundational belief that experts and amateurs can, together, build a space of critical exchange and knowledge transfer. USR prioritises exchange and dialogue that is not necessarily attached to specific outcomes, results or interventions in built reality, instead understanding(...)
Humans and cities
October 2017
Explorations in urban practice: Urban School Ruhr series
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Both a learning platform and a pedagogical experiment, Urban School Ruhr is built upon the foundational belief that experts and amateurs can, together, build a space of critical exchange and knowledge transfer. USR prioritises exchange and dialogue that is not necessarily attached to specific outcomes, results or interventions in built reality, instead understanding conversation as the first step to co-producing cities. "Explorations in Urban Practice", the first edition in the Urban School Ruhr Series, draws from and reflects upon USR’s experiences to date whilst also looking to the future of urban practice in contemporary cities. The book presents the reader with key current questions in the field: how can we learn city making? How should we understand the political concept of commoning for this purpose? And how can we discuss intervention as a strategy for enacting urban change?
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Cherté des loyers, insalubrité, déclin du logement social, spéculation immobilière, location temporaire à des fins touristiques par l'entremise de plateformes numériques... Les enjeux liés à l'habitation sont encore nombreux. Même si le droit au logement fait partie intégrante des droits humains que nos États se sont engagés à respecter, la situation au Québec serait bien(...)
Lutter pour un toit : douze batailles pour le logement au Québec
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Cherté des loyers, insalubrité, déclin du logement social, spéculation immobilière, location temporaire à des fins touristiques par l'entremise de plateformes numériques... Les enjeux liés à l'habitation sont encore nombreux. Même si le droit au logement fait partie intégrante des droits humains que nos États se sont engagés à respecter, la situation au Québec serait bien pire sans la vigilance et la détermination des groupes militants qui ont mené des batailles sur ce front au cours des dernières décennies.
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