Developing the City of the Future: 1957-1961

Hou Chi-Chia is a third-year PhD student in Architecture at UCLA AUD. His research interest focuses on the historical condition in which (business) strategy became disciplinary, assuming universal applicability, and eventually commodified. This interest has led him to investigate the interaction between conglomerate businesses, research consultancies, and design services from the 1950s to 1970s.