All Outputs (6)

Beyond lending - A case study (2022)
Book Chapter
Lovesmith, G., Miah, M. F., & Singleton, A. (2023). Beyond lending - A case study. In M. McVicar, S. Kite, & C. Drozynski (Eds.), Generosity and Architecture (252-261). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Maindee Library+ , Newport, is a volunteer-run, community initiated, piece of social infrastructure. Through a co-produced, socially engaged art programme, Maindee Unlimited appointed architects George Lovesmith (Integrated Workshop) & Sarah Hollingw... Read More about Beyond lending - A case study.

Conditional generosity (2022)
Book Chapter
Drozynski, C. (2022). Conditional generosity. In M. McVicar, S. Kite, & C. Drożyński (Eds.), Generosity and Architecture. Routledge

In a situation where the stakes on offer are high, it is rarely the case that the act of giving will prove to be purely selfless. The act of donation is tainted with an assumption that the recipient will utilise the gift in a way that would be approv... Read More about Conditional generosity.

Introduction (2022)
Book Chapter
McVIcair, M., Kite, S., & Drozynski, C. (2022). Introduction. In M. McVicar, S. Kite, & C. Drożyński (Eds.), Generosity and Architecture (320). Routledge

Generosity in architecture has an ambiguous reputation, associated as much with lack as with excess. At best generosity defines an ordered equation in building between need, expression, and means; abundant and giving – yet ecologically responsible. Y... Read More about Introduction.

Fragmented concepts of sustainability in the translations of knowledge – to – object – to - knowledge of subject (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Drozynski, C. (2022, August). Fragmented concepts of sustainability in the translations of knowledge – to – object – to - knowledge of subject. Presented at SEEDS conference, UWE bristol

This paper draws from Deleuze’s Francis Bacon; The Logic of Sensation to understand how sustainability operates as a concept and how the marketing strategies of the company can be viewed in the context of relationality between parts and the impact of... Read More about Fragmented concepts of sustainability in the translations of knowledge – to – object – to - knowledge of subject.

Architecture without Prelates, Magistrates and Admirals: The R3build pavilion (2022)
Book Chapter
Drozynski, C. (2022). Architecture without Prelates, Magistrates and Admirals: The R3build pavilion. In A. Bliss, & D. Kopec (Eds.), Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control. Routledge

Architects, much like diagnosticians of a body suffering from a malady are investigators of the state society is in. They examine the condition of culture to propose an adequate spatial response that does not only provides a solution to a problem (of... Read More about Architecture without Prelates, Magistrates and Admirals: The R3build pavilion.

Holes in architecture: A queer eye on a design method (2022)
Journal Article
Drożyński, C. (2022). Holes in architecture: A queer eye on a design method. Architecture and Culture, 10(2), 285-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2022.2062658

This article analyzes the formation of a conceptual persona in a narrative which some architects use in the design process. It focuses on a description of such a persona borrowed from Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s What is Philosophy? It present... Read More about Holes in architecture: A queer eye on a design method.