Work-life balance in architecture: playing the game

This book seeks to improve the work lives of architects of diverse demographics who do not fit, or want to replicate, the traditional ‘24/7’ white-male architect lifestyle. Aimed at a workforce whose life and career expectations have changed drastically in recent years, it helps readers of different...

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1. Verfasser: Troiani, Igea ca. 20. Jh (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge 2024
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Zusammenfassung:This book seeks to improve the work lives of architects of diverse demographics who do not fit, or want to replicate, the traditional ‘24/7’ white-male architect lifestyle. Aimed at a workforce whose life and career expectations have changed drastically in recent years, it helps readers of different generations to make informed choices about their careers – enabling students, educators and professionals to prioritise well-being and offer their design and practice voice to enhance a built environment for all.Work-Life Balance in Architecture examines what it means to play the ‘game of architecture’ – to choose to study and pursue a career in architecture rather than another profession. The book shows the economic, social and professional structures within which architectural education and practice operate and reveals the impact of a corporate, neoliberal ‘big business’ mentality on wellbeing.After setting out the context exacerbating work-life imbalance, the book discusses the paths an architect may take – whether this leads to a career in practice or not in architecture at all – and how alternative gameplay moves can advantage or disadvantage those of different gender, class, ethnicity, race or age at different career stages. It concludes by examining how the places in which an architect works, the time available to work and critiques of perpetual neoliberal economic growth can enhance the lives of all architects today
Beschreibung:Part 1. Life in Architecture under Neoliberalism  1. Work-life Imbalance in Architecture: An Introduction  2. Celebrity Architect as Homo Oeconomicus  3. Starting from a Different Position: Architect as Femina Domestica  Part 2. Gameplay Moves: Become an Architect (or not)  4. The Freedom to Choose to study Architecture or Not  5. Academic Capitalism and Architectural Education  6. A Neoliberal Life in Architectural Practice  Part 3. Work-life Balance in Architecture beyond Neoliberalism 7. The Sites of Neoliberal Architectural Labour: Work, Home, Everywhere  8. 24/7 Architectural Capitalism, No Time, No Sleep  9. Playing the Game of Life in Architecture beyond Neoliberal Capitalism
Beschreibung:ix, 254 Seiten Illustrationen 234 mm
ISBN:9780815392187
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