Housing Transformations: Shaping the Space of Twenty-First Century Living (Housing and Society Series)

Drawing together a wide range of literature, this original book combines social theory with elements from the built environment disciplines to provide insight into how and why we build places and dwell in spaces that are at once contradictory, confining, liberating and illuminating. This groundbreaking book deals with topical issues, which are helpfully divided into two parts. The first presents a conceptual framework examining how the built environment derives from a variety of influences: structural, institutional, textual, and action-orientated. Using illustrated case study examples, the second part covers new build schemes, including urban villages, gated communities, foyers, retirement homes and televillages, as well as refurbishment projects, such as mental hospitals and tower blocks. Multidisciplinary in its focus, Housing Transformations will appeal to academics, students and professionals in the fields of housing, planning, architecture and urban design, as well as to social scientists with an interest in housing.

Drawing together a wide range of literature, this original book combines social theory with elements from the built environment disciplines to provide insight into how and why we build places and dwell in spaces that are at once contradictory, confining, liberating and illuminating.

This groundbreaking book deals with topical issues, which are helpfully divided into two parts. The first presents a conceptual framework examining how the built environment derives from a variety of influences: structural, institutional, textual, and action-orientated.

Using illustrated case study examples, the second part covers new build schemes, including urban villages, gated communities, foyers, retirement homes and televillages, as well as refurbishment projects, such as mental hospitals and tower blocks.

Multidisciplinary in its focus, Housing Transformations will appeal to academics, students and professionals in the fields of housing, planning, architecture and urban design, as well as to social scientists with an interest in housing.

Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series-Title......Page 3 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 List of figures......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 14 Introduction......Page 16 Part I Theory, concept and practice......Page 24 1 Towards a contextual approach......Page 26 2 Unsettling structures: insecurity and change in a globalised society......Page 48 3 The institutional framework: powers, policies and procedures......Page 64 4 Agency and action: negotiation, influence and resistance......Page 82 5 The built form: design and discourse......Page 100 Part II Issues, projects and processes......Page 120 6 Revisioning the village......Page 122 7 Monuments made good......Page 152 8 Settings of structured dependency......Page 180 9 Constructing city lifestyles......Page 208 10 Alternative modes of dwelling......Page 238 Part III Conclusion......Page 270 11 Making connections......Page 272 References......Page 289 Index......Page 308 "The turn of the century has seen a proliferation of concepts and models in relation to the development of new types of residential environment in the UK. Housing Transformations seeks to account for why this has occurred and how it has been made manifest through the shaping of the actual built form."--Jacket. "The turn of the century has seen a proliferation of concepts and models in relation to the development of new types of residential environment in the UK. Housing Transformations seeks to account for why this has occurred and how it has been made manifest through the shaping of the actual built form." --Jacket Including illustrated case study examples, this original and groundbreaking book explores a wide range of literature, combines social theory with elements from the built environment disciplines and explores how and why we build where we do.