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作者

来源

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH,Vol.41,Issue2,P.235-250

语言

英文

关键字

Georges Candilis; Kuwait; Kuwait City; Housing; welfare state; neighborhood planning; urban planning; architecture; urban fragmentation; housing inequalities; social polarization; BADU; CITY

作者单位

[Al-Ragam, Asseel] Kuwait Univ, Coll Architecture, Safat 13057, Kuwait. Al-Ragam, A (reprint author), Kuwait Univ, Coll Architecture, Safat 13057, Kuwait. E-Mail: asseel.alraqam@ku.edu.kw

摘要

In the early stages of welfare planning, the Kuwaiti state restricted equal access to its housing programs in neighborhoods outside the city. The subsequent demographic shift, caused by a Kuwaiti exodus to the suburbs' and non-Kuwaiti urban labor migration, prompted calls for housing schemes to encourage city living for citizens. Georges Candilis's proposal for a residential neighborhood in Kuwait City emerged from this context. This article examining Candilis's unrealized project also offers a critical perspective on Kuwait's unbalanced housing policies. From this analysis, it draws observations on the role of architects and their limited impact on policies established by decision-making networks within the welfare state. Seen from this perspective, the Candilis project bears witness to broader socio-economic agendas that privileged some groups while marginalizing or excluding others.