Post-War Public Housing and Well-Being

This collection illustrates the evolving role of housing as a symbol of modernity, a tool for economic recovery, and a response to societal transitions. It draws on case studies that focus on the intersection of public housing, well-being, and social change in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Izumi Kuroishi is a Professor at Fukushima Gakuin University and is the chair of Japan Lifeology Academy.

Introduction Section 1: Well-Being and Social Ethos 1. How Do People Want to Live?': Catherine Bauer and Social Questions in Modern American Housing 2. Ideas of Health and Well-Being as Understood and Applied in the Design and Planning of Post-War British Public Housing 3. The Idea of Life (Seikatsu) and Well-Being in Japanese Pre- and Post-War Housing Section 2: Well-Being, Urban Space and Accessibility 4. Designing for Well-Being in Large Housing Estates in East and West Berlin: Märkisches Viertel and Marzahn 5. The Impact of Housing Access Policies on Wellbeing in Spain 6. Nishiyama Uzo: Writing for Housing and Planning for Well-Being in Post-War Japan Section 3: Well-Being, Ideological and Personal Affluence 7. The Impact of Well-Being on Housing Policies and the Consumption of Durable Goods in Postwar West Germany 8. Post-War Housing and the Concept of Wellbeing: A Comparison of the United States and China 9. Housing Security and Policy over the Long Run, Japan 1600-2000 Section 4: Well-Being in the 21st Century 10. Well-Rounded Well-Being: The Low-Carbon Bioclimatic Architecture of the Balearic Housing Institute 11. Living Together with Dementia: Domestic Rearrangements