The Rule of Regulations
A exhibition exploring the aesthetics and consequences of housing regulation.
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‘The Rule of Regulations’ pits Le Corbusier’s Maison Citrohan against five pieces of current UK housing policy to see how it would look if built in contemporary Britain. Does our culture of guidance and regulation create a new vernacular? What are the social and aesthetic impacts of housing design policy? The document is available to download below.
Context
‘The Rule of Regulations’ was an exhibition commissioned by The Architecture Foundation in 2008 and which subsequently toured to the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. It was later published in ‘Hunch 12: Bureaucracy’ in 2009.
Credits
- Client: The Architecture Foundation
- Dates:
Architecture Foundation, London, 29.08-13.09.2008
Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, 25.11-19.12.2008
Published in Hunch 12: Bureaucracy 03.2009 - Collaborators: Finn Williams
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