The Everyday in Architecture—Modern Architecture in Transition: Changing Architectural Practices Towards Use, Appropriation and Inhabitation

The 1950s witnessed the emergence of the concept of the ‘everyday’ in architecture, theory and art as a critique of the Modern Movement, environmental change, and the mass housing of the post-war boom years. This period coincided with the global embrace of modern architecture. This article focuses on the concept of the everyday, providing a historical context from the 1950s to the 1980s, and discusses the key figures who shaped the term ‘everyday architecture’ in architectural and urban theory and design. Furthermore, this article explores the relevance of the concept of the everyday in relation to current climate change challenges and demonstrates how the everyday can still inform trajectories for (ecologically) just architecture and urban planning.