This book offers, for the first time, access to the chronological arc of John Habraken’s writing in a single collection.
Few architects or scholars have so consistently and patiently pursued such a humane and culturally vital set of radical questions related to the behaviour of the built environment as N. John Habraken. From the publication of his first book in 1960, he has quietly helped redraw the map of architectural research, education, practice, design methods and theory. His insights lead us to a better understanding of how the built field works, contributing to the development of methods enabling professionals to contribute to its coherence and resilience.
Following an introductory essay by the editors, placing Habraken’s work in context, this collection is organized in two sections and further organized around a number of specific themes: The Built Field; Role of the Architect; Control; Sharing Forms; Examples of Ways of Doing; Open Building; Tools; and Cultivating the Built Environment. A series of interviews with the author enable him to reflect on his journey of inquiry, research, advocacy and teaching – and the relationship between ways of seeing and ways of doing.
Offering theoretical perspectives and methodological ways forward, this book will be of interest to architects, planners and urban designers tackling the challenges of the contemporary built environment that Habraken identifies, as well as educators and students.

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N. J. Habraken, Stephen H. Kendall, John R. Dale

Taylor & Francis Group

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Psychology Press Ltd

CRC Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Open building, London, 2022

Abingdon, Oxon, 2023

SoftArchive

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Cover
Half Title
Series
Endorsements
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Attitudes Towards the Built Field; My Credo, Offered to Students of Architecture
Introduction to WAYS OF SEEING
Part I Ways of Seeing
Beginning
1965 Man and Matter
1968 Housing: the Act of Dwelling
2001 What Use Theory?: Questions of Purpose and Practice
Intermezzo by the editors
The Built Field
1964 The Tissue of the Town: Some Suggestions for Further Scrutiny
1971 You Can’t Design the Ordinary
1979 General Principles about the Way Built Environments Exist
1984 The General from the Local
1988 Lives of Systems
2003 Making Urban Fabric Fine Grained – A Research Agenda
Control
1968 Supports, Responsibilities and Possibilities
1972 Playing Games
1972 Involving People in the Housing Process
1972 Control Hierarchies in Complex Artifacts
1987 Control Relations in the Built Environment
2004 Change and the Distribution of Design
Sharing Forms
1997 Forms of Understanding: Thematic Knowledge and the Modernist Legacy
1998 The Power of the Conventional
Intermezzo by the editors
Role of the Architect
1975 The Limits of Professionalism
1980 Notes of a Traveler
1980 Around the Black Hole
1999 Notes on a Network Profession
2002 Memories of a Lost Future
2006 Questions that Will Not Go Away: Some Remarks on Long-Term Trends in Architecture and Their Impact on Architectural Education
2013 Methodology and Ideology in Architecture
Part II Ways of Doing
Introduction to WAYS OF DOING
Examples of WAYS OF DOING
1963 “Grondslagen” – Basic Principles for the Building of Supports and the Production of Support Dwellings
1967 The leaves and the Flowers
1987 Shell-Infill House
1994 The Samarkand Competition Submission
Intermezzo by the editors
The Open Building Approach
1964 Quality and Quantity: The Industrialization of Housing
1992 An Efficient Response to Users’ Preferences
1994 NEXT21 in the Open Building Perspective
2003 Open Building as a Condition for Industrial Construction
Intermezzo by the editors
Tools
1965 SAR: Rules for Design: A Summary
1988 Type as a Social Agreement
1988 The Uses of Levels
1988 Concept Design Games
2003 Emergent Coherent Behavior of Complex Configurations Through Automated Maintenance of Dominance Relations
2008 Design for Flexibility: Towards a Research Agenda
Intermezzo by the editors
Cultivating Built Environment
1978 Build as Before
1987 Control of Complexity
1994 Cultivating the Field: About an Attitude When Making Architecture
2004 Change and the Distribution of Design
2007 To Tend a Garden: Thoughts on the Strengths and Limits of Studio Pedagogy
2012 Cultivating Built Environment
Intermezzo by the editors
Summing Up
2013 Methodology and Ideology in Architecture
2016 Cultivating Complexity: The Need for a Shift in Cognition
2017 Back to the Future
2018 The Lure of Bigness
2021 Open Building: a Professional Challenge
2022 Open Building and Government: Lessons Learned
Short Works: Conclusions
WAYS OF SEEING/WAYS OF DOING – A Timeline
Complete List of Experience, Honors and Writings of John Habraken
Editors’ Biographies
Index

"This book offers, for the first time, access to the chronological arc of John Habrakens' writing in a single collection. Few architects or scholars have so consistently and patiently pursued such a humane and culturally vital set of radical questions related to the behaviour of the built environment as N. John Habraken. From the publication of his first book in 1960 to his current writings, he has quietly helped redraw the map of architectural research, education, practice, design methods and theory. His insights lead us to a better understanding of how the built field works, contributing to the development of methods enabling professionals to contribute to its coherence and resilience. Following an introductory essay by the editors, placing Habraken's work in context, this collection is organized in two sections and further organized around a number of specific themes: The Built Field; Role of the Architect; Control; Sharing Forms; Examples of Ways of Doing; Open Building; Tools; and Cultivating the Built Environment. A series of interviews with the author enable him to reflect on his journey of inquiry, research, advocacy and teaching - and the relationship between ways of seeing and ways of doing. Offering theoretical perspectives and methodological ways forward, this book will be of interest to architects, planners and urban designers tackling the challenges of the contemporary built environment that Habraken identifies"

2023-07-17