Kay Fisker : Danish functionalism and block-based housing

Description

Focuses on Kay Fisker's housing estates in Copenhagen. A leading exponent of Danish Functionalism, Fisker built many large-scale housing schemes, mostly for non-profit workers' housing associations, and developed innovative and beautifully considered high-density, low-rise block schemes, which have proven useful and influential to the growing number of contemporary architects.

Content

Latest edition,

Introduction: Kay Fisker and the Conditions of Life by Andrew Clancy & Colm Moore. 1: Kay Fisker’s Principles for Modern Housing by Martin Soberg Essay. 2: An Outline of Danish Social Housing History by Poul Sverrild. 3: Dronningegården and Kay Fisker’s Continuum by Job Floris. Building Studies: Hornbækhus - The Block; Vestersøhus - The Terrace; Dronningegården - The Square. Response 1: Between familiarity and Abstraction by Tony Fretton. Response 2: Two Tone by Job Floris. Response 3: Conversation and the Contingent by Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore. Coda: The Moral of Functionalism by Kay Fisker