Carolina Crijns not only explores the transformative potential in radically rethinking architecture's central concepts but introduces a method of utopian speculation for practices ambitious of social change.
Under the premise that architecture makes life ›better‹, architecture is often presented as the ›solution‹ to social problems, made ›green‹ when promising sustainable futures, or fetishised as a cultural object for the creation of urban identities. Yet, what is it exactly that links architecture so closely to the pursuit of a good life? How is this link interrelated with crisis and crisis thinking? To what extent do belief systems in architecture influence its capacity to deal with crises? Carolina Crijns not only explores the transformative potential in radically rethinking architecture's central concepts but introduces a method of utopian speculation for practices ambitious of social change.
With a preface by Sabine Knierbein.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 7
Abstract 9
Preface 11
1 Introduction 17
2 Imagined Worlds 25
3 Constructed Narratives 49
4 Linking Utopianism, Crisis, and Architecture 65
5 Space-Times of Control: Problem-Solving Utopianisms 99
6 Space-Times of Care: Question-Raising Utopianisms 121
7 Interpretation 147
Glossary 169
Acknowledgements 175
Bibliography 177
Sabine Knierbein (Prof. Dr.) lehrt Internationale Urbanistik an der Technischen Universität Wien.
