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"
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"

Owning a home is a cornerstone of the American Dream, the ultimate status symbol in the land of the free. But is the dream in crisis? Mass-marketed and endlessly multiplied, the suburban single-familiy house has become an instrument of global economic calamity and ongoing environmental catastrophe....

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1. Verfasser: Krumwiede, Keith (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Pope, Albert (VerfasserIn eines Nachworts)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Zurich Park Books [2016]
Schlagworte:
Krumwiede, Keith
Wohnungsbau
Utopische Architektur
Siedlung
Idealstadt
USA
Bildband
Zusammenfassung:Owning a home is a cornerstone of the American Dream, the ultimate status symbol in the land of the free. But is the dream in crisis? Mass-marketed and endlessly multiplied, the suburban single-familiy house has become an instrument of global economic calamity and ongoing environmental catastrophe. Never before have we been so badly in need of a reassessment of our cultural values from an architectural perspective. With Atlas of Another America, Keith Krumwiede has written a bold and original work of speculative fiction that calls on Americans - and, increasingly, the rest of the world - to seriously reconsider the concept of the single-family home. Presented in the style of a historical architectural treatise comprised of over 150 drawings and images, Krumwiede's "Freedomland" is a fictional utopia of communal superhomes constructed from the remains of the suburban metropolis. Freedomland's strangely familiar visions draw on a long lineage of social and architectural thought - from Owen and Fourier to Ledoux, Branzi, and Koolhaas - in which imaginary but not entirely implausible worlds are envisioned in order to reframe reality and direct us toward new territories of action.
Beschreibung:271 Seiten
ISBN:9783038600022
3038600024

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