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  CONTENTS 
 
List of Illustrations?????????????????????????..iii 
Abbreviations???????????????????????????...v 
 
Frontispiece, Figs 1-4????????????????????????... vi 
 
Introduction Summary of Research Aims and Arguments?????????1 
Figs 5-10?????????????????????????????..14 
 
Chapter 1 Methodology & Critical Perspectives???????????...15 
1.1 The cross-disciplinary encounter????????????????17  
1.1.1 the limits of architectural history/ theory 
1.1.2 architecture and anthropologists????????????..21 
1.2 Ethnography as a research method, and its role in anthropology???...24 
1.3 Conducting ethnographic research at the Brunswick??????.........27 
 1.3.1 Problems of working ?at home? 
 1.3.2 Methods of engagement within the Brunswick??????...32 
1.4 Description of the field???????????????????...36 
1.4.1 demographic, geographic & cultural characteristics of the area 
1.4.2 the Brunswick: social and physical parameters???????42  
1.4.3 the sample: details of households interviewed???????.51 
Figs 11-35?????????????????????????????..58 
 
Chapter 2 From Architectural Concept to Built Form......................................65 
 Introduction 
2.1 Proposed redevelopment of the Foundling Estate?????????...65 
2.2 Hodgkinson?s training and influences??????????????.68 
2.3 Architectural precedents???????????????????..72 
 2.3.1  The Adelphi 
 2.3.2  Futurism?????????????????????...75 
 2.3.3  Courtyard planning and brick construction????????.76 
2.4 Evolution of the scheme???????????????????..81 
 2.4.1 The Outline Planning Scheme (1960-1963)????????.83 
 2.4.2 The Speculative scheme (1964): A-frame & wintergardens?....84 
 2.4.3 The Council Scheme (1965-1970)???????????...86 
 2.4.4 The project grinds to a halt (1972)???????????...87 
2.5 Brunswick as a concept for domestic life????????????....88 
 
Chapter 3 Critical Reception and Proposed Redevelopment???????92 
3.1 The megastructure concept??????????????????..93 
3.2  Brutalism????????????????????????....98 
3.3  Reactions of the general press????????????????...100 
3.4  Plans to adapt and remodel the Brunswick???????????...102 
  3.4.1 Le Riche Maw redevelopment scheme (1992)??????.103 
  3.4.2 Rock + Camp 5 redevelopment scheme (1993)????..?.105 
  3.4.3 Hawkins Brown-Michael Square scheme (1996)????....106 
  3.4.4 Patrick Hodgkinson with Stubbs Rich scheme (1999)???109 
 3.4.5 Listing of the Brunswick (2000)??????????????..110 
3.4.6 Patrick Hodgkinson with Levitt  Bernstein (2002)????..111 
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 3.5  Refurbishment of the Brunswick by Allied London???????.114 
Figs 36-44????????????????????????????.116 
 
Chapter 4 The Brunswick as Social Space?????????????.119 
Introduction 
4.1 Layers of spatial and social existence???????????........120 
 4.1.1 inside and outside spaces 
 4.1.2 local and global communities????????????..122 
 4.1.3 perceptions of difference??????????????.127 
4.2 Segmentation-integration and ?boundary-work??????????132 
4.3 The council estate in the city????????????????..147 
 
Chapter 5 Conceptions and Representations of Home????????..161 
5.1 The idea of home and ?elsewhere? 
5.2 Representations of identity within the home??????????..166 
5.2.1 ?home? and ?work?. 
5.2.2 family and other narratives?????????????..170 
5.2.3 social status and ethnic identity???????????...175 
 5.3 Conclusion???????????????????????..180 
Catalogue of ethnographic images???????????????????182 
 
Chapter 6 Identity and Environment?.????????????.........193 
6.1 Introduction: ?outside? and ?inside? 
6.1.2 Modern and traditional built form as social landscape???.195 
6.2 Social realms and the operation of boundaries?????????....198 
6.2.1 Boundaries of home 
6.2.2 Social perceptions of territory and role of symbols????..201 
6.2.3 Material markers of identity?????????????.204 
6.2.4 Classification of material realms???????????..206 
6.2.4 Performance of identity and belonging?????????209 
6.3 ?Community?, communities, and material worlds????????...211 
6.3.1 Social dynamics at the Brunswick 
6.3.2 Notions of community and symbolic markers??????..212 
6.3.3 Interaction of physical and social landscapes??????...216 
6.3.4 Elements of the social landscape: kinship & communities?...219 
6.3.5 Existentialism and liminality?????????????.223 
6.4 Fetishisation of the Brunswick????????????????.226 
6.4.1 Fetishisation, commodification & social alienation????..229 
6.4.2 National icon, or a phenomenology of everyday life????230 
6.5 Conclusion????????????????????????234 
 
References & Bibliography?????????????????????.235 
Appendices????????????????????????????246 
1 Newsletter item????????..??????????????.247 
2 Flat numbering system???????????????????....248 
3 Circular questionnaire Feb 06?????????????????.249 
4 List of Archive sources & non-resident interviewees ?????...??.253 
5 P. Hodgkinson interviews, statements & biography??..??????.254 
6 Inside Looking Out: exhibition handout?????????????.256