The Architecture of Empowerment: People, Shelter and Livable Cities (ed. Ismaïl Serageldin; Academy Editions 1997) challenges architects to advance socially sustainable architectural solutions.
In the wake of the second Habitat Conference, and with the urban population of the developing world set to treble in the next generation, Ismaïl Serageldin argues that architecture must both widen its scope and reassess its processes in order to address the needs of the poor. He emphasises that the provision of shelter and infrastructure is most effective when undertaken in close collaboration with the community – from concept design through to construction – and as part of a broader socio-economic strategy. Essays by Charles Correa, Michael Cohen and Suha Özkan evaluate the need for this new approach, setting it in the context of current global forces – such as convergence and marginalisation – and preceding architectural solutions.
– Ismaïl Serageldin (ed.), The Architecture of Empowerment: People, Shelter and Livable Cities (Academy Editions, 1997), excerpt from the book description
The text is in English. The book is illustrated with black-and-white photographs.
Our copy in stock is in good condition. The pages are clean, no markings. The glueing of the binding is fine. The covers show only some minor traces of shelf wear. There is an old price sticker on the back cover.
