Our happy life : architecture and well-being in the age of emotional capitalism / edited by Francesco Garutti.

Title & Author:

Our happy life : architecture and well-being in the age of emotional capitalism / edited by Francesco Garutti.

Publication:

Montréal, Québec, Canada : Canadian Centre for Architecture, [2019]
©2019

Description:

304 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Co-published by Sternberg Press.
Issued also in French under title: Nos jours heureux.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, May 8-October 13, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

How do we design our cities when our most intimate experiences are incessantly tracked and our feelings become the base of new modes of production that prioritize the immaterial over the material? Since the 2008 financial crisis, lists of well-being indicators, happiness indexes, and quality-of-life rankings have become viral. Concurrently, the emotional data presented in these surveys - including perceptions on questions such as loneliness, friendship, and intimate fears - feed an expanding political agenda of happiness and a new form of market whose most decisive asset is "affect." 'Our Happy Life' investigates the architectural implications of this trend by dissecting and questioning the political, economic, and emotional conditions that generate space today. Organized as a visual narrative with critical readings by Will Davies, Daniel Fujiwara, Simon Fujiwara, Ingo Niermann, Deane Simpson, and Mirko Zardini, the book reveals architecture, city, and landscape as contested surfaces, caught between the intangible guidelines of happiness indexes, the new marketplace of emotions, and the relentless ideology of positivity. -- Back cover of book.

ISBN:

9781927071656 (softcover)
1927071658 (softcover)

Subject:

Architecture Human factors Exhibitions.
Architecture Psychological aspects Exhibitions.
Happiness in art Exhibitions.
Well-being Exhibitions.
Architecture Facteurs humains Expositions.
Architecture Aspect psychologique Expositions.
Bonheur dans l'art Expositions.
Bien-être Expositions.
Architecture Human factors
Architecture Psychological aspects
Happiness in art
Well-being

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Garutti, Francesco, editor, author.
Davies, William, 1976- author.
Fujiwara, Simon, 1982- author.
Fujiwara, Daniel, author.
Simpson, Deane, author.
Niermann, Ingo, 1969- author.
Centre canadien d'architecture, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 306522
Call No.: 2019-2
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library cage 305549
Call No.: 2019-2
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library study room cca productions 305550
Call No.: NA2542.4 O97 2019
Copy: c. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 306523
Call No.: BIB 251524
Copy: c. 4
Status: Available

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