Cruz, Eddy
Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks
- ISBN 13:
- 9783775752206
- author:
- Cruz, Eddy
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Hatje Cantz
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 24 x 17 centimetres (0.42 kg)
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, Buildings,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks by Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman explores the concept of justice as a spatial idea. This research-based practice examines how urban power operates, with a focus on bottom-up urban power that resists exclusionary top-down power. The authors argue that a new generation of architects and urban designers can anticipate new ways of thinking and doing, demanding a reorganization of public priorities and investment. The book outlines the commitments of an embedded research-based practice at the US-Mexico border, where spatial justice is conceived dialectically as a means to recognize, resist, and counter the harms caused by exclusionary institutions. By challenging discriminatory urban regulation and entrenched social norms, this approach aims to create more equitable and just urban environments. Through their work, Cruz and Forman demonstrate the potential for experimental architecture to emerge from peripheral zones of regional contestation, where transformational creativity is more likely to arise. This book provides a unique perspective on spatial justice and its relationship to urban power, making it an important read for architects, urban designers, and anyone interested in rethinking the role of design in society.
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