{"product_id":"at-home-with-the-collective-a-report-from-the-future-of-housing-hardcover","title":"At Home with the Collective: A Report from the Future of Housing - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Eisenschmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe housing shortage is a global problem that cannot be resolved through market-driven models of home ownership. This book, therefore, postulates a radical shift from house to housing and from the individual to the collective. The reintroduction of the term \"collective\" is here understood as a mechanism to refocus housing as a community-building, solidarity-building, and city-building activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book addresses the topic in four chapters--from alternative urban housing typologies and concepts of communal construction to historical models from which the current housing struggle can learn. The individual essays include examples from five different continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Eisenschmidt\u003c\/b\u003e is an\u003cbr\u003earchitect, writer, and Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois\u003cbr\u003eat Chicago. He directs the Housing Futures Initiative and leads the\u003cbr\u003earchitecture and urban design practice Studio Offshore. Eisenschmidt is the author\u003cbr\u003eof The Good Metropolis (2019) and editor of Félix Can dela from Mexico City to\u003cbr\u003eChicago (2024), among other volumes. He has curated and his work has been\u003cbr\u003eexhibited internationally in venues such as the Architecture Biennale in\u003cbr\u003eVenice, the Art Institute of Chicago Museum, and the Shenzhen Biennale on Urbanism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.7 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48376577097977,"sku":"9783035629392","price":69.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/A_9Ne2Xf0q9783035629392.webp?v=1778280844","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/at-home-with-the-collective-a-report-from-the-future-of-housing-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}