Theory

Geography of small spaces

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Chattopadhyay's counter-proposal to the 'aesthetics of big scale' that dominates architectural history; an attention to vernacular, domestic, ephemeral and infrastructural spaces that the imperial/masculinist survey form renders invisible.

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Introduced
2022

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  1. Swati Chattopadhyay. “Architectural History or a Geography of Small Spaces?.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2022). https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2022.81.1.5.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Geography of small spaces." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/geography-of-small-spaces/. Accessed July 17, 2026.