Architecture in Effect (Paperback)

Architecture in Effect presents research on the co-constitution of architecture and the social by addressing concrete problems and forwarding explorative theories and methodologies.

The socially oriented perspective of Volume #1, Rethinking the Social, is complemented by discussions of architectural and transdisciplinary theories and methodologies in Volume #2, After Effects. Together these twin volumes reflect on topics such as the utopian idea of a welfare state, the role of intersubjective and non-human points of view, and the impact of historical and current images on the making of realities.

The task of these books is to present a wide range of research topics that combine historical, material, and critical research approaches that respond to our current crises and challenges. Ultimately, this enables new modes of knowledge production within architecture to be advanced in its relation to societal transformation.

2 volume set in slip case

Sten Gromark is a Professor of Architecture, dr., Architect SAR/MSA, at Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Sweden, vice director of the Formas supported Strong Research Environment ‘Architecture in Effect’ 2011-2017 and currently the director of the Research Environment AIDAH, hosted by Chalmers.^Jennifer Mack is a researcher at KTH School of Architecture and the Built Environment and at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research (IBF) at Uppsala University, Sweden. She holds a PhD in architecture, urbanism, and anthropology from Harvard University, an MArch and MCP from MIT, and a BA from Wesleyan University.^Roemer van Toorn is an architect and Professor of Architecture Theory, at UMA School of Architecture, Umeå, Sweden. He was formerly the head of the PhD research school at the Berlage Institute, the Netherlands, a guest professor at the Technical University of Delft and at the Universität der Künste, Berlin.^Hélène Frichot is an associate professor and docent in the School of Architecture KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) Stockholm. She is the director of the teaching and research group Critical Studies in Architecture, well known for its work on architecture and gender. Hélène comes from a double disciplinary background in architecture and philosophy.^Gunnar Sandin is an associate professor and a research director in Architecture at Lund University, Sweden and chair of the Program Committee in the Swedish Research School of Architecture, ResArc. He has leading positions in research projects on architectural communication, such as The Evolutionary Periphery and The Making of Them and Us.^Bettina Schwalm is is an artist and designer. She holds a BA degree in Design from the Libera Università di Bolzano and a MA degree in Experience Design from Konstfack, Stockholm. She is involved in administration and research within the Swedish research environment Architecture in Effect and at ArkDes (Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design)