Boano, Camillo;
Talocci, Giorgio;
(2014)
The (in)operative power: architecture and the reclaim of social relevance.
Studio©
, 6
pp. 108-115.
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Abstract
The following contribution sits in the complex debate around power and architecture and wishes to confront architecture's comfort zone, bringing ‘uncertainty in place of purity’. Acknowledging a new ‘social’ call to arms – reconfiguring architecture’s ethical shift and revitalising participatory neologisms and design activisms – and the expansion of the role of architect, the paper wishes to offer a renewed perspective on design, suggesting a reorientation between politics and aesthetics that would not simply reorder power relations, but create new political subjects too. What follows reflect on the direct experiences of the authors in a research by design activity undertaken in South East Asia and it briefly touch on the experience of Community Architects Network (CAN), a programme established and funded by the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) in 2010 and by now operating in 19 countries, networking with governmental and non-governmental organisations, architectural and engineering practices, grassroots organisations and local universities.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The (in)operative power: architecture and the reclaim of social relevance |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.studiourbanism.com/studio06power/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10183503 |
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