Appropriating Pools: At Play in the Spaces of the City

This essay examines skateboarding as an architectural act of pleasure that allows private spaces in cities to be appropriated for alternative uses. In particular, the appropriation of swimming pools by skateboarders will be explored, from the renegade to the officially sanctioned, to explore socio-p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trippe Micah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2016-10-01
Series:Architecture_MPS
Online Access:https://ucl.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.amps.2016v10i3.001