Projects
Utopias and Architecture
Utopian thought, though commonly characterized as projecting a future without a past, depends on golden models for re-invention of what is. This general theme encompasses a range of projects examining the social and formal dimensions of architecture through the concept of utopia and integrating architectural thinking into Utopian Studies. The projects and outputs range from the interdisciplinary Utopography workshop to a special issue of Utopian Studies as well as a the forthcoming Lefebvre for Architects to be published by Routledge, and papers for journals including the Journal of Architectural Education, Architectural Research Quarterly, and the Journal or Architecture.
ARC People: Nathaniel Coleman
Key Outputs:
Coleman N. Architecture and Dissidence: Utopia as Method. Architecture and Culture 2014, 2(1), pp. 45-60.
Coleman N. Recovering Utopia. Journal of Architectural Education 2013, 67(1), 24-26.
Coleman N. 'Building in Empty Spaces': Is Architecture a 'Degenerate Utopia'?. Journal of Architecture 2013, 18(2), 135-166.
Coleman N. Utopia and Modern Architecture?. Architectural Research Quarterly 2012, 16(4), 339-348.
Coleman N. Utopic Pedagogies: Alternatives to Degenerate Architecture. Utopian Studies 2012, 23(2), 314-354.
Coleman N (Ed). Imagining and Making the World: Reconsidering Architecture and Utopia. Ralahine Utopian Studies - Volume Eight . Oxford and New York: Peter Lang, 2011.
Coleman N. Utopias and Architecture. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2005.