Negotiating the Politics of Exclusion: Georges Candilis, Housing and the Kuwaiti Welfare State.

• Autores: Asseel Al-Ragam
• Localización: International journal of urban and regional research, ISSN 0309-1317, Vol. 41, Nº. 2, 2017, págs. 235-250
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]