The decades after the Second World War saw ambitious building programs to ensure social
welfare. The Scandinavian countries in particular underwent an intense modernisation phase with
the aim to distribute welfare to all. Yet the relationship between welfare values and design
in Scandinavia is anything but stable. The spatial and political legacy of post-war
construction varies amongst Denmark Sweden and Norway and their welfare models have been
changed contested and copied over time. This book explores how architecture once seen as a
medium for universal welfare inclusion and political participation is now often associated
with the opposite such as alienation exclusion and segregation. The volume offers new
perspectives on the history and redesign of post-war architecture and urbanity. With attractive
photo essays on social housing in Scandinavia Based on an interdisciplinary research project by
KTH Stockholm Oslo School of Architecture University of Copenhagen Internationally renown
contributors shed light on aspects of the relationship between architecture and welfare
