Imperfect health : the medicalization of architecture /
edited by Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini ; with essays by Margaret Campbell ... [et al.].
- 399 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. book
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Oct. 25, 2011 to Apr. 1, 2012. Issued also in French under title: En imparfaite santé. Co-published by Lars Müller.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demedicalize architecture / Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini -- Allergic landscapes, built environments and human health / Carla C. Keirns -- A theory of pollution for architecture / David Gissen -- Strange bedfellows : modernism and tuberculosis / Margaret Campbell -- Emergency urbanism and preventive architecture / Hilary Sample -- Your city yourself / Nan Ellin -- Architecture as infrastructure for interactivity : the need for desire / Linda Pollak -- Gerotopias / Deane Simpson -- Sunbathing in suburbia : health, fashion and the built environment / Sarah Schrank.
Architecture--Health aspects.--Exhibitions. Architecture--Environmental aspects--Exhibitions. Architecture and society Public health--Exhibitions. Architecture--Technological innovations--Exhibitions.