The living building: towards a geography of maintenance work

Strebel, Ignaz

doi:10.1080/14649365.2011.564732

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“…We seek to illuminate the networks of materials, actors and actions involved in conserving historic buildings and monuments. In recent work on architecture, scholars drawing on Actor Network Theory have challenged the idea that buildings are stable, discrete objects, arguing that they are the result of perpetual processes of making and re--making (Jacobs and Merriman 2011;Strebel 2011). They show that these processes enjoin a complex array of agencies ranging from algal films to large--scale weather events, from original architects to those who maintain and live in buildings, including animal inhabitants (e.g.…”

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Crafting authenticity: An ethnography of conservation practice

Jones

Yarrow

2013

Journal of Material Culture

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This paper explores how authenticity is produced through different forms of expertise and skill, as they are negotiated and aligned in the daily practices of conservation. Focusing on the traditional craft practices of stonemasons, we trace out their relations to the broader nexus of experts responsible for conserving Glasgow Cathedral. We show that authenticity is a distributed property of distinct forms of expert practice, as they intersect with one another, and, crucially, with the material conditions of specific heritage sites. It is argued that, in the context of conservation practice, authenticity is neither a subjective, discursive construction, nor a latent property of historic monuments waiting to be preserved. Rather it is a property that emerges through specific interactions between people and things.

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Crafting authenticity: An ethnography of conservation practice

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“…Counter to buildings as a 'black box' from which we can hang other claims (Jenkins, 2002), a 'critical geography of architecture' would pursue a 'more active and embodied engagement with the lived building' (Lees, 2001, p. 51) analysing the social practices and formation of identities that produce and are produced by architectural space. Subsequently, over the last decade or so, there has been renewed interest in architecture among social and cultural geographers animating buildings as lived-in (Kraftl, 2009;Lees & Baxter, 2011) and living things (Cairns & Jacobs, 2014;Jacobs, 2006;Strebel, 2011). As such, this has displaced much of the previous research whereby architecture acts as a referent to understand broader social, political and historical contexts (although see Jones (2009) as a notable recent exception).…”

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Spatial agency and practising architecture beyond buildings

Lorne

2016

Social & Cultural Geography

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This paper provides new direction for geographic scholarship on architecture by focusing upon architectural projects that go well beyond designing and producing material objects. Recent work on practising architectures by social and cultural geographers has examined the multiple processes of human and non-human actors that cohere and congeal to produce buildings. Responding to concerns that geographers are failing to work closely with architects, I introduce ideas of spatial agency to examine the practices of architects working beyond buildings. Arguing that the profession has always been under threat, I outline why socially progressive architects are rejecting claims as expert technical problem-solvers or artistic form-givers by instead initiating and contributing towards explicitly spatial projects prioritizing social and economic objectives. By calling for creative engagement with such projects, I set forth an agenda for a politically progressive geography of architecture. « Spatial agency » et pratique de l'architecture au-delà des bâtiments RÉSUMÉCet article propose une nouvelle direction pour la recherche géographique sur l'architecture en mettant l'accent sur des projets architecturaux qui vont bien au-delà de la conception et de la production d'objets matériels. Des travaux récents sur la pratique de l'architecture par des géographes sociaux et culturels ont examiné les processus multiples d'acteurs humains et non-humains réunis et associés pour produire des bâtiments. Répondant aux inquiétudes que les géographes ne réussissent pas à travailler en étroite collaboration avec les architectes, j'introduis les idées de « spatial agency » pour examiner les pratiques des architectes qui travaillent au-delà des bâtiments. Soutenant que la profession a toujours été en danger, j'expose les raisons pour lesquelles les architectes socialement progressistes rejettent des demandes en tant qu'experts techniques de résolutions de problèmes ou donneurs de forme artistiques en initiant plutôt des projets explicitement spatiaux et en contribuant à donner la priorité aux objectifs sociaux et économiques. En appelant à l'engagement créatif pour de tels projets, j'établis un programme pour une géographie politiquement progressive de l'architecture. La agencia espacial y la práctica de la arquitectura más allá de los edificios RESUMENEste documento proporciona una nueva dirección para los estudios geográficos en la arquitectura, centrándose sobre proyectos arquitectónicos que van mucho más allá del diseño y la producción de objetos materiales. El trabajo reciente sobre la práctica de las arquitecturas de los geógrafos sociales y culturales ha examinado los múltiples procesos de actores humanos y no humanos que se adhieren y se solidifican para producir edificios. En respuesta a la preocupación de que los geógrafos están fallando a trabajar en estrecha colaboración con arquitectos, se presentan ideas de agencia espacial para examinar las prácticas de los arquitectos que trabajan más allá de los edificios. Argumentand...

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“…18 Flera studier har använt sammansättningsbegreppet för att studera processer relaterat till byggnader, städer och energifrågor. Studier har exempelvis fokuserat skapandet av globala sammansättningar mellan städer (Ong & Collier 2008;McCann & Ward 2011), översvämningsprocesser i en stad (Walker, Whittle et al 2011), processer som skapar energifattigdom (Harrison & Popke 2011), förorters förutsättningar för hållbar omställning (Dodson 2014), materiella flöden av och i byggnader (Rose, Degen et al 2010;Edensor 2011;Strebel 2011;Bharati 2013), den brittiska husbyggnadsmarknaden (Lovell & Smith 2010) i processer för hållbara stadsbyggnadsprojekt (Blok 2013;Munthe-Kaas 2015), samt omställning till byggnader med lägre koldioxidutsläpp (Castán Broto 2012). mellan Östra Sätra och Gävle centrum, andra stadsdelar samt befintliga basindustrier utanför Gävle i analyserna av energifrågornas utformning i renoveringen.…”

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Omställning – Tillväxt – Effektivisering : Energifrågor vid renovering av flerbostadshus

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2015

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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The living building: towards a geography of maintenance work

Cited by 79 publications

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Crafting authenticity: An ethnography of conservation practice

Crafting authenticity: An ethnography of conservation practice

Spatial agency and practising architecture beyond buildings

Omställning – Tillväxt – Effektivisering : Energifrågor vid renovering av flerbostadshus

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