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Mattias Kärrholm

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Building type production and everyday life: rethinking building types through actor-network theory and object-oriented philosophy

Author

  • Mattias Kärrholm

Summary, in English

The aim of this paper is to reconceptualise ‘building type’ in order to better account for its general role in society and everyday life. The paper merges the concept of building type with actor-network theory and object-oriented philosophy in order to develop the concept of ‘territorial sorts’ as a way of widening building-type research and making it more useful for investigating how building types are actually produced, not just in terms of the work done by different kinds of authorities, such as architects, engineers, and building regulators, but also in terms of the ongoing practices and power relations of everyday life.

Department/s

  • Department of Architecture and Built Environment

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

1109-1124

Publication/Series

Environment & Planning. D, Society and Space

Volume

31

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Pion Ltd

Topic

  • Architecture

Keywords

  • building types
  • everyday life
  • territorality
  • actor-network theory
  • object-oriented philosophy
  • topology

Status

Published

Research group

  • Department of Architecture & Built Environment

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1472-3433