{"product_id":"on-architecture-and-work","title":"On Architecture and Work","description":"• Working conditions in the construction industry\n• Scientists, practitioners and students seek solutions\n• Third part of the TU Lausanne publication series\n\u003cp\u003eWhy is architecture so remote from labor struggles, with poorly negotiated labor contracts and barely any self-management models? What possibilities emerge when we acknowledge the glaring class divide between the architectural firm and the construction site? What insights do the stories of workers provide about the construction industry? How do different design practices emerge if designers and construction workers unite? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Architecture and Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays on the relationship between construction, architecture, work, and labor. From complaints over grueling working conditions on construction sites to demands for better benefits in design offices, asking candidly “who can afford to be radical?”, this is the third publication in the series \u003cem\u003eThe Political Economy of Space\u003c\/em\u003e, after \u003cem\u003eOn Architecture and the Greenfield\u003c\/em\u003e (2024) an\u003cem\u003ed On Architecture and Greenwashing\u003c\/em\u003e (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, head of the RIOT laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology—EPFL in Lausanne, this volume updates the discussion on architecture and work by giving answers from construction workers, scholars, and design practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"search-metadata\"\u003eThe Political Economy of Space Vol. 3 Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Marisa Cortright and (non-)Swiss Architects 978-3-7757-6065-2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53181946364232,"sku":"9783775760652","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0255\/9816\/files\/9783775760652.jpg?v=1779811658","url":"https:\/\/www.hochparterre-buecher.ch\/products\/on-architecture-and-work","provider":"Hochparterre Bücher","version":"1.0","type":"link"}