Red light city
By: Tsaiher Cheng ; with contributions by Manuel B. Aalbers, Roel Backaert (photos), Jung-Che Chang, Tanyi Huang (illustrations), Hans Ibelings, Maarten Loopmans, and Magdalena Sabat
Contributors: Aalbers, Manuel B., photographer; Backaert, Roel, photographer; Chang, Jung-Che, illustrator; Huang, Tanyi, illustrator; Ibelings, Hans, contributor; Loopmans, Maarten, contributor; Sabat, Magdalena, contributor
Publisher: The Architecture Observer
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9789492058058
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Red-light districts; Architecture and society
Description: What is the significance of sex work for the architecture of the city? With reports from Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Montreal, and Taipei, this book makes clear that every red light district is the specific outcome of the morphology of the city, the legal status of sex work, cultural understandings, city planning, and market forces. It also shows that sex work has a deep impact on the city's urban form, its buildings, rooms, streets, squares, and alleys, even in places where sex work is officially illegal.