Architecture, Crisis and Resuscitation (in Korean): The reproduction of post-Fordism in late-twentieth-century architecture (in Korean)

A synoptic understanding of what has happened to architecture in the recent past, this book offers a readily understandable overview, connecting otherwise apparently unrelated phenomena. It looks at the relationship between architecture, economy and society, in the context of the rise and spread of neoliberalism over the past four decades.

Spanning from 1966 to the first years of the 21st century, the book covers a period which saw changes that included the replacement of ‘society’ by ‘culture’ and the freeing of economy from the dictates of politics. It was the period in which Fordism was eclipsed and architectural modernism dissipated. Architecture radically transformed, substituting the alleged dreariness of modernism with spectacle. The book ties all these together, explaining the manner in which the discipline adjusted itself in order to satisfy the demands posed by a changed society.

Rather than attempt to provide a comprehensive history of architecture since the 1960s, Architecture, Crisis and Resuscitation offers a theroetical framework which explains the transformation of the discipline in the period, forming a good introduction for architectural students to get acquainted with that recent history. The major contributions to the discipline in recent decades are explored, including architecture theory books by figures ranging from Tafuri to Jencks as well as designs by practitioners such as Venturi, Eisenman and Koolhaas work which has been widely discussed and had an effect on the discipline’s transformation.