Housing Loops publishes research by a+t research group that proposes an alternative reading of the history of housing. Rather than being organised around architectural styles or movements, it is here structured through five essential conditions that define the lived experience of inhabitation: Opulence, Precarity, Dignity, Prosperity and Fraternity.
Drawing on 178 case studies ranging from the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-eighteenth century to the second decade of the twenty-first, this critical chronology maps the evolution of collective housing in relation to the social demands of each historical period. The timeline identifies key patterns in housing design, recurring spatial loops that transcend eras, advances in construction technologies, and the transformation of the domestic unit as a nucleus of cohabitation.
A+t Architecture Publishers, 472pp, 17cm x 24cm, illustrated paperback, 2025
