Knowledge networks and postcolonial careering: David Oakley (1927–2003)
Though largely forgotten now, David Oakley (1927–2003) was a prominent player in his time within the milieu of British architects and planners that operated as “global experts” during the post-war era. Oakley’s career illustrates the evolution of professional expertise and institutional af1filiation...
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doaj-df82539dd72447be856f286e6942478f2020-11-24T21:25:54ZdeuInstitut National d'Histoire de l'ArtABE Journal2275-66392014-07-01410.4000/abe.3388Knowledge networks and postcolonial careering: David Oakley (1927–2003)Robert HomeThough largely forgotten now, David Oakley (1927–2003) was a prominent player in his time within the milieu of British architects and planners that operated as “global experts” during the post-war era. Oakley’s career illustrates the evolution of professional expertise and institutional af1filiations within global networks of knowledge such as those of the United Nations, and the role in disseminating this knowledge played by educational institutions such as the Architectural Association (AA) and the Development Planning Unit (DPU) in London or the Liverpool University Architectural School. Over a fifty-year career, Oakley started as a specialist adviser in Britain and the colonies, became an academic on three continents, and finally became a consultant on issues of housing and planning in developing countries. His expertise evolved from the areas of construction and low-cost housing into education and training, urban planning, and ultimately disaster preparedness. Drawing on the architect’s private archive, this paper provides an outline of Oakley’s career which spanned changes in architectural and development thinking from the 1950s to the 1990s, and demonstrates how he participated in the disciplinary debate on architecture’s social responsibilities, in the development of a specifically “tropical” architecture, and in the design of the academic syllabus for new generations of architects in newly independent nations.http://journals.openedition.org/abe/3388tropical architectureCommonwealthcolonial urban planningpostcolonial urban planning |
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Though largely forgotten now, David Oakley (1927–2003) was a prominent player in his time within the milieu of British architects and planners that operated as “global experts” during the post-war era. Oakley’s career illustrates the evolution of professional expertise and institutional af1filiations within global networks of knowledge such as those of the United Nations, and the role in disseminating this knowledge played by educational institutions such as the Architectural Association (AA) and the Development Planning Unit (DPU) in London or the Liverpool University Architectural School. Over a fifty-year career, Oakley started as a specialist adviser in Britain and the colonies, became an academic on three continents, and finally became a consultant on issues of housing and planning in developing countries. His expertise evolved from the areas of construction and low-cost housing into education and training, urban planning, and ultimately disaster preparedness. Drawing on the architect’s private archive, this paper provides an outline of Oakley’s career which spanned changes in architectural and development thinking from the 1950s to the 1990s, and demonstrates how he participated in the disciplinary debate on architecture’s social responsibilities, in the development of a specifically “tropical” architecture, and in the design of the academic syllabus for new generations of architects in newly independent nations. |
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