Life in Kit Form. Mass Customization in Playful Housing Experiments (Belgium, 1968–1983)
Life in Kit Form. Mass Customization in Playful Housing Experiments (Belgium, 1968–1983)
Author(s): Élodie Degavre, Gérald LedentSubject(s): Architecture, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Socio-Economic Research, Sociology of Art
Published by: Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism »Ion Mincu«
Keywords: experimental housing; industrialized housing; mass personalization; inhabitant’s expertise;
Summary/Abstract: In May 2021, the Luxembourg pavilion is inaugurated at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Entitled “Homes for Luxembourg,” it exhibits a modular wooden structure, a habitat of the future, easy to build and accessible, which could be an answer to Luxembourg’s, and more generally Europe’s, housing crisis. Central to the exhibition is the curators’ exploration of a possible “customization” of this architecture by its inhabitants by allowing them to assemble housing units as they please.
Journal: sITA – studii de Istoria şi Teoria Arhitecturii
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 224-238
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English