Master plans and encroachments: the architecture of informality in islamabad
Auteur :
Moatasim, Faiza
Éditeur :
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN :
9781512825206
Date de publication :
17 oct. 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines informality in the high-modernist city of Islamabad as a strategic conformity to official schemes and regulations rather than as a deviation from them. The book highlights how low-, middle-, and upper-income people strategically use architectural techniques to support their informal claims to space.