Transgression in the Architectures of After-Modernity

<p><strong>Transgressive acts in architecture as responses to today's ecological political economic and social crises</strong></p><p>In architecture transgressive acts have always been a reality in spite of rules and canons that have defined the discipline and its extended field. However in recent decades their frequency and radicality have surged from rather random marginal and/or idiosyncratic phenomena. While their sudden rise can be explained as a reaction to the compulsive normativity of modernity the deeper roots are to be sought elsewhere: the recent waves of transgressiveness are intimately linked to the <em>hypercrisis</em> affecting our world today - spanning ecological political economic and social dimensions and catalysing fundamental mutations and disorders. Some of these transgressive acts are motivated by a desire to dismantle a malfunctioning system but more often than not breaking the rules has become an inherent survival tactic amid urgent social challenges. In our era of after-modernity transgression emerges not just as an act of defiance but reveals a new paradigm at work - a critical framework for reimagining the built environment challenging established orders and advocating for the rights of marginalised populations. Drawing on a rich array of theoretical insights and empirical case studies from multiple countries this volume provides a unique forward-looking perspective on transgressive acts in architecture as responses to today's ecological political economic and social crises.</p>