Superarchitecture The Future of Architecture 1950-1970

The short text translated here is Rouillard's introduction to her book Superarchitecture: The Future of Architecture (Paris: La Villette, 2004) which offers a critical interpretation of the architectural utopias of the 1950-1970s as well as their influence on the contemporary context. Following the publication of this book, Rouillard has pursued her analysis of the future analyzing the globalized resurgence of this concept in recent urban branding strategies (Rouillard, Dominique, "The Future was back" in Action Architecture, edited by Alain Guiheux (Paris: Editions de la Vilette, 2012), 23-47.