Beyond The Plan: The Transformation Of Personal Space In Housing; Author: Willats, Stephen; Paperback

Author: Willats, Stephen
Paperback; Ill. Facsims., Maps, Ports.
136 pages
Published: October 2001
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 0471495611

The book deals with the characteristics of large housing schemes as well as turn-of-the-century houses - in fact a complete range of average housing stock - and examines the alterations people make to reflect their identity. Willats examines people's responses to the architect's design of their homes and the way they alter them to make them their own, he considers how people personalisehousing which is often exactly the same as the space next door and therefore in need of individualisation.Offers a fascinating insight into the vast differentiation that takes place within individual houses on estates, houses that are usually identical to one another. Offers a fascinating insight into the vast differentiation that takes place within individual houses on estates, houses that are usually identical to one another.This text outlines the nature of housing and its effects on its occupiers. The author investigates how people make their houses their own once the architect has gone and left them with a space - which in many cases is exactly the same next door - and therefore in need of individualization.