Housing Adaptation: Transforming Modernist Housing

Modernist residential districts were built worldwide and at unprecedented scales between 1945 and 1975, in order to deliver housing for the workers. These architectures became the most extensive form of mass housing in urban history.

At the turn of the 21st century, these modernist estates had fallen into disrepair and became burdened by social stigma. Yet, they continue to provide housing for millions and often represent valuable building stock. In the past 25 years, a wave of spatial trans...