About this book
This groundbreaking edition of AD brings together a range of global expertise on social value, exploring its potential for demonstrating the positive impact of both architecture and architects on homes and communities in terms of social justice, sustainability and wellbeing.
There has been a recent groundswell of interest in the mapping and measuring of social value caused by developments in legislation and planning, as well as a revival of interest in the ethical dimensions of architectural practice. Not only do architects promote wellbeing through the development of carefully conceived and appropriate designs, they can also add social value through the processes of consultation, visioning, briefing, co-design, co-creation, user manuals, soft landings (helping people to make the most of their buildings in use) and post-occupancy evaluation. These are, however, poorly recognised aspects of an architect's role.
We live in an audit culture where organisational performance is measured against predetermined targets. Unfortunately, the focus of architectural practice is generally on the financial cost of what it does in the short term rather than its long-term social value, arguably its market niche. This AD posits that the mapping and measuring of social value provides a real opportunity for the architectural profession to make its key contribution heard.
Contributors: Nabeela Ahmed and Ayona Datta, Nicola Bacon andPaul Goodship, Irena Bauman, Cristina Garduno Freeman, Mat Hinds, Anthony Hoete, Karen Kubey, Mhairi McVicar, Aoibheann NĂ MhearĂĄin andTara Kennedy, Jenni Montgomery, Edward Ng and Li Wan, Doina Petrescu, and Peter Andreas Sattrup
Featured architects: Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (AAA), Barton Willmore, Bauman Lyons Architects, Jateen Ladd, John McLaughlin Architects, and Taylor and Hinds Architects
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright Page
- About the Guest-Editor
- Introduction: Why Social Value?
- Design for Impact Measuring Architectureâs Social Value in the United States
- Documenting Value Creation A Business Opportunity for Architects, Their Clients and Society
- Resilience Value in the Face of Climate Change
- New Infrastructure for Communities Who Want to Build
- 'Engender the Confidence to Demand Betterâ: The Value of Architects in Community Asset Transfers
- Mapping Eco-social Assets
- Changing Patterns of Resilience: Exploring the Local
- Greenkeeper: Establishing the Full Value of Green
- High Science and Low Technology for Sustainable Rural Development
- Architecture from the Ground Up: Designing and Delivering Social Value in Southern India
- In the Eye of the Beholder
- Reframing Social Value in 20th-Century Conservation
- Mapping Gendered Infrastructures: Critical Reflections on Violence Against Women in India
- The House as Ancestor: A Tale of MĂ€ori Social Value
- Walk With Us: Mat Hinds The Architecture of Reconciliation
- From Another Perspective: Against a Convenient Mediocrity
- Contributors
- What is Architectural Design?
- ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
- FORTHCOMING AD TITLES
- EULA