It offers a reading of the early 1970s McAppy report, a witty proposal by the British architect, thinker and radical innovator Cedric Price (1934–2003). The two-volume report combined with a Portable Enclosures Programme (PEP) proposed how to improve labour conditions, assuring happiness and well-being, both mental and physical, for employees by prioritizing a low-stress, boredom-free building site.
9 February – 14 May 2017
What About Happiness on the Building Site?
curated by Giovanna Borasi and André Tavares
CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture
1920 rue Baile, Montreal