{"product_id":"activism-at-home-9783868596335","title":"Activism at Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eActivism at Home offers a unique study of architects’ own dwellings; homes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003epurposely designed to express social, political, economic, and cultural critiques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough thirty case studies by architectural scholars, this book highlights different\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eforms of activism at home from the early twentieth century to today. The architect-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eled experiments in activist living discussed in this book include the dwellings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eof Ralph Erskine, Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, Charles Moore, Flora Ruchat-Roncati,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKiyoshi Seike, and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffering candid appraisals of alternative living solutions that formulate a response\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eto rising real estate prices, economic inequality, social alienation, and mounting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eenvironmental and cultural challenges, Activism at Home is more than a historical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003estudy; it is an appeal to architects to use the discipline’s tools to their full potential,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eand a plea to scholars to continue bringing architecture's activist practices into\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003efocus—whether at home or elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isabelle Doucet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48279068508411,"sku":"9783868596335","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9783868596335.jpg?v=1772490627","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/activism-at-home-9783868596335","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}