Participation, empowerment, and urbanism: design and politics in the revitalization of French social housing

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1987

Abstract

This article is a critical analysis of Belgian architect Lucien Kroll's approach to rehabilitating the Perseigne social housing project in the French Normandy town of Alencon. In exploiting architectural intervention as a vehicle for social regeneration, Kroll utilized both the process and vocabulary of design to encourage the inhabitants to challenge their immediate social and physical environment. This article summarizes a post-occupancy evaluation of the Alencon project based on site visits and archival research.In addition, the paper reviews both historical and contemporary aspects of the French social housing movement. -Author

Identifier

0023485973 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Architectural Planning Research

First Page

349

Last Page

359

Issue

4

Volume

4

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