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Donovan Wylie

Housing Plans for the Future

Donovan Wylie

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English
Steidl Verlag
01 November 2018
This is the latest of Donovan Wylie's books with Steidl that explore

the architecture of the Northern Ireland confl

ict. While Wylie's earlier

publications including

British Watchtowers

and

Maze

(on Belfast's

Maze prison) document disappearing military structures,

Housing

Plans for the Future

focuses on the legacy of architectural contain- ment in urban areas today.

Wylie took these photos during walks through a number of social-

housing neighborhoods in inner-city Belfast, which look eerily similar.

While the built environments at fi

rst appear benign, even mundane,

sustained looking reveals how they purposely control vision and

movement. Walls block vehicle access, houses are inverted to face

away from neighboring communities and minimize potential antago- nism, and excessive street lighting ensures visibility in what Wylie calls

a prison of sorts ... a completely thought-through system of social

control.

These defensive structures, built in the 1970s and '80s and

still populated today, are a powerful and largely unrecognized legacy

of the Northern Ireland confl

ict.

By:  
Imprint:   Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication:   Germany
Dimensions:   Height: 230mm,  Width: 295mm, 
Weight:   720g
ISBN:   9783958294882
ISBN 10:   395829488X
Pages:   80
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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