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Building Sites : Architecture, Labour, and Production Studies - Joao Marcos de Almeida Lopes

Building Sites

Architecture, Labour, and Production Studies

By: Joao Marcos de Almeida Lopes (Editor), Will Thomson (Editor), Matt Davies (Editor), Katie Lloyd Thomas (Editor)

Paperback | 19 December 2025 | Edition Number 1

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Building Sites addresses the urgent need to advance the critical understanding of relations between architectural design and the labour of building. While recognising that in many parts of the world building takes place through self-organised processes and traditional skills, the book questions a central and problematic omission in architectural discourse, education and practice â" the production of buildings and the erasure of construction labour entailed by that omission. Through its engagement with the groundbreaking work of the architect and theorist S©rgio Ferro, who developed a history of architecture âseen from the building siteâ, the book sets out a programme for a new field of Production Studies for architecture and other disciplines.

First, the field requires careful research into the production of the built environment â" at the construction site, in the factory, in the design office and beyond. This volume explores historical and contemporary cases from Brazil, the UK, Yugoslavia, Germany, India, Mexico and the USA. Second, the book asks why the disciplinary silencing of production prevails. In Ferroâs view, the tendency of architectural discourse to ignore issues of labour and processes of construction is no mere oversight but rather a structural necessity for maintaining the professionâs capacity to act âonâ and âoverâ the building site, a necessity arising organically from the development of capitalism. Turning also to Morris, Harvey, Chakrabarty and Malm, the collection provides the first sustained English-language engagement with Ferroâs theories and critiques. Chapters on radical pedagogies, unions and political alliances, and alternative forms of building take the third step â" to respond to contemporary crises. Production Studies must mobilise its understanding to seek alternatives and work towards change.

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