Krumwiede, Keith.

Atlas of another America : being a description of Freedomland, a twenty-first century settlement scheme for the American nation in the grand agrarian democratic tradition of Mr. Thomas Jefferson but also taking into consideration the current economic and political order ; comprising a complete graphic discourse on the designed establishment of the settlement including detailed plans of the 128 unique neighborhood farm estates, with an appendix containing documents pertinent to the origins of Freedomland including 'Atypical plans, ' a meditation on the American dream, houses, and the collapse of the economy, 'Supermodel homes, ' in which the author recounts his tour through the model homes of Mr. David Weekley, 'Six typical plans, ' an analysis of the homes of the nation's greatest builders & 'Notes on Freedomland, ' constituting opinions and remarks on the nature and context of the work, with an afterword by Albert Pope and a postscript, "New homes for America.'" / by Keith Krumwiede.

Zürich : Park Books, 2016.

271 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 33 cm

An 'Atlas of Another America' is a work of speculative architectural fiction and theoretical analysis of the American single-family house and its native habitat, the suburban metropolis. Mass-marketed and endlessly multiplied, and the definitive symbol of success in America and around the world, the suburban house has also become a global economic calamity and an impending environmental catastrophe. Yet, as both object and idea, it remains largely unexamined from an architectural perspective. This new book fills this gap through projects and essays that reflect upon, critique, and reformulate the equation that binds the house as an object to the American dream as a concept. Adopting tone and format of an historical architectural treatise, it builds upon an eminent lineage of architectural research from Piranesi and Ledoux to Branzi and Koolhaas in which imaginary but not implausible worlds are constructed through drawing in order to reframe reality and reorient the discipline towards new territories of action.

9783038600022
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Visionary architecture.
Architecture and society.
Home ownership Social aspects.
Housing Sociological aspects.
Architecture visionnaire.
Architecture et société.
visionary architecture.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 294619
Cote: BIB 240307
Statut: Disponible