Bringing together contributors from the fields of practice, theory and history, this book takes a fresh look at occupation. It argues that occupation is a prospect that begins with ruin -- a residue from the past, an implied or even a resounding presence of something previous that holds the potential for transformation. 'A stimulating contribution to the emerging area of architectural encounters and experience, Occupation: Ruin, Repudiation, Revolution explores new ways in which architectural interiors and other spaces have been designed, imagined, recorded, re-performed, remembered, written about, emptied and inhabited. Diverse and challenging.' Iain Borden, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK