Praxis of Collective Building: Narratives of Philosophy and Construction

Andjelka Badnjar Gojnić

Published by JOVIS 2023

Praxis of Collective Building

Narratives of Philosophy and Construction

Andjelka Badnjar Gojnić

Volume 6 in the series JOVIS research

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783868597882

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New Belgrade represented a material and social experiment for a new society in post-war Yugoslavia. As the city and the country were being simultaneously built, the philosophy of praxis was developing in both the Yugoslavian and the international scene. Praxis of Collective Building deals with the interactions between this school of thought and the histories of architectural construction sites. By closely studying the microhistories of construction, the author considers the theoretical problems of collective production through different narratives: voluntary youth actions in the construction of New Belgrade through the lens of Marxian praxis, participative prefabrication as a way of addressing housing shortages in Yugoslavia, and the transfer and adaptation of the Yugoslavian prefabricated system to the Cuban context by the microbrigade movement.

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Andjelka Badnjar Gojnić is an architect and theorist trained at the faculties of architecture in Belgrade and Barcelona. She is a PhD candidate in the Architekturtheorie department of RWTH Aachen. Her research interests are focused on histories of construction sites as a source for studying collective practices of making and on links between social theories and the collective production of architecture.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	4
Introduction: Towards Mutual Highlight of Praxis Philosophy and Construction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Praxis and Action: Towards Building as a Collective Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Praxis and Imagination: Towards Participation in Prefabrication Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Praxis and Lebenswelt: The Construction Site as Lifeworld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Conclusion: Praxis and Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Literature Review Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Endnotes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
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Language: English
Publisher: JOVIS
Pages
- Main content: 200
Illustrations
- Other: 117 farb. und s/w Abb.
Keywords: architecture; philosophy of praxis; construction sites; collective production; building process; microhistories; New Belgrade; Yugoslavian; Korčula Summer School of Philosophy; material culture; Marxism; Ernst Bloch; Cornelius Castoriadis; Lebenswelt; Jürgen Habermas; social modernisation; large concerns; post-war period

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Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783868597882

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Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783868597721