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