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Throughout the 20th century, there were periods when there was
urgent demand for housing to accommodate the rapidly increasing
population (or rebuilt following wars). Driven primarily by the
need to provide housing as cheaply and efficiently as possible, the
ideas developed by the early Modernists have informed housing
schemes worldwide. Today, in the context of a very different urban
landscape, architects optimistic about high-density living are
revisiting these seminal designs as they seek to develop their own
solutions to our current housing crisis. Chronologically ordered,
this book provides a unique survey of over 80 seminal housing
projects from across Europe which were constructed during the 20th
century. Together with concise contextual history and analysis,
each housing study includes carefully redrawn context plan, plans
and sections (some also include elevations) which are presented in
a way that makes them readily comparable. Beginning with Parker
& Unwin’s Hampstead Garden Suburb (1907), case studies
include Garnier’s La Cité des États-Unis; Fisker’s
Hornbaekhus; Oud’s De Kiefhoek; Taut and Wagner’s
Hufeisensiedlung; Ehn’s Karl Marx Hof; the Werkbundsiedlung
Neubühl and Siedlung Siemensstadt; Lubetkin’s Highpoint;
Aalto’s Sunila factory housing; Le Corbusier’s Unité
d'Habitation; Jacobsen’s Alléhusene; Moretti’s Complesso in
Corso Italia; Markelius’s – Vällingby; Távora’s Ramalde;
Rietveld’s Vlashof and Klaverhof; Atelier 5’s Siedlung Halen;
Utzon’s Kingo Houses; Stirling & Gowan’s Avenham; Ungers’
Neue Stadt; Brown’s Alexandra Road and Medina; Rossi’s Monte
Amiatagio; Bofill’s Walden-7; Fiorentino’s Nuovo Corviale; Siza
Vieira’s Bouça; de Portzamparc and La Quinta da Malagueira; the
IBA Rauchstrasse; Valle’s Giudecca; Nouvel’s Nemausus; de las
Casas’ Alcobendas; OMA’s Chassé Park; West 8’s De Whale;
through to MVRDV’s Silodam and Herzog & de Meuron’s Rue des
Suisses.
Women Architects in the Modern Movement rewrites the history of
modern architecture to elevate the often-overlooked female
architects who helped build the movement. Starting with a
theoretical analysis that situates women's roles both in society
and architecture specifically, Carmen Espegel examines the
transition from women as objects to subjects at the advent of
modernity. This theoretical basis is grounded through four case
studies on pioneering women architects: Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich,
Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky and Charlotte Perriand. Along with
illuminating their lives and work, Espegel aims to help us examine
and observe the world from a perspective where the feminine and
masculine are not exclusive, so that we might learn from the past
in order to build with dignity in the future. Translated from the
original Spanish by Angela Giral.
Women Architects in the Modern Movement rewrites the history of
modern architecture to elevate the often-overlooked female
architects who helped build the movement. Starting with a
theoretical analysis that situates women's roles both in society
and architecture specifically, Carmen Espegel examines the
transition from women as objects to subjects at the advent of
modernity. This theoretical basis is grounded through four case
studies on pioneering women architects: Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich,
Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky and Charlotte Perriand. Along with
illuminating their lives and work, Espegel aims to help us examine
and observe the world from a perspective where the feminine and
masculine are not exclusive, so that we might learn from the past
in order to build with dignity in the future. Translated from the
original Spanish by Angela Giral.
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