Housing Micropolitics and Pedagogies: Designing and Practicing Collectivity reframes the global housing crisis as a design problem inseparable from politics, positioning architects and educators as active agents in the struggle for social and spatial justice.
About This Book
At a moment when housing has been almost entirely surrendered to market logic, this book insists on its status as a human right and asks what architecture can do about it. Through a series of essays drawing on historical and contemporary projects across Norway and Europe, the editors examine how design decisions embed or contest power — who gets housed, in what conditions, and on whose terms. The book is particularly attentive to marginalised groups and non-normative family constellations, presenting concrete housing alternatives that prioritise community, cooperation, and equality. For practitioners, academics, and students who believe architectural pedagogy should produce critical thinkers rather than compliant technicians, this is essential reading.
Key Features
- 160 pages of essays examining housing politics, architectural pedagogy, and socially focused design
- Edited by Paul-Antoine Lucas and Bui Quy Son
- Case studies drawn from socially focused housing developments in Norway and Europe
- Published by Ruby Press, ISBN 9783944074573
What You'll Discover
- How the commercialisation of housing has eroded its standing as a social good — and what design can do to contest that
- The political dimensions embedded in spatial decisions, from unit layout to tenure models and collective ownership structures
- Housing alternatives developed for marginalised groups and diverse family constellations, grounded in historical and contemporary precedent
- How radical, emancipatory architectural pedagogy can cultivate collective action and critical design thinking in students and practitioners
About the Author
The volume is edited by Paul-Antoine Lucas and Bui Quy Son, whose contributors advocate for innovative architectural solutions rooted in community, cooperation, and equality. The book is addressed to architects, activists, educators, and students committed to advancing social justice through design and education.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 160
- Dimensions: 220 x 140 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783944074573
- Publisher: Ruby Press
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and designers engaged with housing equity, academics and students in architectural theory and pedagogy, and policy-minded practitioners working on social and affordable housing.