Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing
First translated in English ten years after its original Dutch publication in 1962, this book has inspired practitioners for generations. It’s proposal to distinguish the infill from the support - what users can individually decide in a housing process from what users share - has turned out to be feasible in practice. The Natural Relation - the interaction of people with their immediate environment and the central concept of the book - is the result of that distinction. It is essential to the well-being of everyday environment regardless of function or available resources.

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Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing
First translated in English ten years after its original Dutch publication in 1962, this book has inspired practitioners for generations. It’s proposal to distinguish the infill from the support - what users can individually decide in a housing process from what users share - has turned out to be feasible in practice. The Natural Relation - the interaction of people with their immediate environment and the central concept of the book - is the result of that distinction. It is essential to the well-being of everyday environment regardless of function or available resources.

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Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing

Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing

by N.J. Habraken
Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing

Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing

by N.J. Habraken

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First translated in English ten years after its original Dutch publication in 1962, this book has inspired practitioners for generations. It’s proposal to distinguish the infill from the support - what users can individually decide in a housing process from what users share - has turned out to be feasible in practice. The Natural Relation - the interaction of people with their immediate environment and the central concept of the book - is the result of that distinction. It is essential to the well-being of everyday environment regardless of function or available resources.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367857370
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/30/2021
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 114
Product dimensions: 8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

N.J. Habraken (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. People 2. Cities 3. The Technique 4. The Support Structure 5. Conclusion
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