A Right to Difference

The Architecture of Jean Renaudie

Irénée Scalbert

176 pages, parution le 30/04/2004

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Résumé

In France no less than in Britain, the late 1960s saw a rebellion against the relentless anonymity of modernist planning. In the search for alternatives, Jean Renaudie showed an originality and a daring unrivalled up to this day. Conceived along structuralist principles, informed by research in molecular biology, his urban projects overturned the logic of the vast housing estates that were being steamrolled across France by the State. In the place of uniform tower blocks, he designed developments in which every dwelling was unique. Diversity - the spanner in the works of mass production - was for him a moral obligation. No concession was made in the name of type, be it human or architectural.

'The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins.'
Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Architectural Association Publications (AA Publications)
Auteur(s)	Irénée Scalbert
Parution	30/04/2004
Nb. de pages	176
Format	21,5 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	769g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781902902364
ISBN13	978-1-902902-36-4