Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, CCA Montréal (eds.)

Imperfect Health

The Medicalization of Architecture

As health becomes a central focus of political debate, are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda to address these concerns? Imperfect Health looks at the complexity of today’s health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban solutions. Essays by Margaret Campbell, David Gissen, Carla C. Keirns, and Sarah Schrank deal with different aspects of the topic of health in the context of architecture such as: “An Architectural Theory of Pollution” and “Strange Bedfellows: Tuberculosis and Modern Architecture—How ‘The Cure’ Influenced Modernist Architecture and Design.”

As health becomes a central focus of political debate, are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda to address these concerns? Imperfect Health looks at the complexity of today’s health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban solutions. Essays by Margaret Campbell, David Gissen, Carla C. Keirns, and Sarah Schrank deal with different aspects of the topic of health in the context of architecture such as: “An Architectural Theory of Pollution” and “Strange Bedfellows: Tuberculosis and Modern Architecture—How ‘The Cure’ Influenced Modernist Architecture and Design.”


“Imperfect Health does what any good book should do: it bridges multiple audiences through its content and layout.”
Archidose


Winner of the 'Die schönsten deutschen Bücher 2012' Award

Edited by CCA, Montreal, Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini

With contributions by Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini, Carla C. Keirns, David Gissen, Margaret Campbell, Hilary Sample, Nan Ellin, Linda Pollak, Deane Simpson, and Sarah Schrank

Design: Integral Lars Müller

16,5 x 24 cm, 6 ½ x 9 ½ in

400 pages, 365 illustrations

hardback

2012, 978-3-03778-279-8, English
CHF 44.00 CHF 55.00

Giovanna Borasi

Giovanna Borasi is curator for contemporary architecture at the CCA.

Mirko Zardini

Mirko Zardini is director of the CCA.

Giovanna Borasi and Mirko Zardini, CCA Montréal (eds.)

En imparfaite santé

CHF 55.00
also available in English