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Community and Privacy in a Hyper-Connected World
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Abstract Christopher Alexander and Serge Chermayeff co-authored Community and Privacy: Toward a New Architecture of Humanism in 1963. This seminal contribution has largely been forgotten. Today, a human-centred framework is rarely discussed by researchers and practitioners, neither from a theoretical nor a p... view more
Christopher Alexander and Serge Chermayeff co-authored Community and Privacy: Toward a New Architecture of Humanism in 1963. This seminal contribution has largely been forgotten. Today, a human-centred framework is rarely discussed by researchers and practitioners, neither from a theoretical nor a pragmatic perspective. Nonetheless, some fundamental principles defined in that book 60 years ago are pertinent today in our hyper-connected world, and they have been illustrated by the need for human-centred housing during the recent Covid-19 pandemic. This commentary explains the spatial organization of domestic architecture that can support and sustain choices about private and public life in a world of global networks, intrusions of social media, and increasing video surveillance that challenge our autonomy and privacy.... view less
Keywords
urban planning; architecture; design
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
boundaries; global network society; housing design; private-public interfaces; transition spaces
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 169-171
Journal
Urban Planning, 8 (2023) 3
Issue topic
Assessing the Complex Contributions of Christopher Alexander
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed