Main entry:

Ivers, B. Cannon, author.

Title & Author:

Staging urban landscapes : the activation and curation of flexible public spaces / B. Cannon Ivers.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2018]
©2018

Description:

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Foreword / Charles Waldheim -- Preface / B. Cannon Ivers -- The rise of flexible space / B. Cannon Ivers -- The culture of change: a personal reading / B. Cannon Ivers -- The urban surface: shifting fields for curated events / Alex Wall -- Open-ended: public spaces as complex adaptive systems / Chris Reed -- Funding flexible space / Nicola Dempsey -- Giant bunnies and electric swings: planning, programming and play / Chris Wangro -- Scratch that! / Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
Case studies : Harvard Plaza, Cambridge, MA / Stoss Landscape Urbanism -- Granary Square, London / Townshend Landscape Architects -- Watch This Space: Royal Theatre, London / Denys Lasdun -- Bradford City Park, England / Gillespies Bradford -- Potters Fields Park, London / GROSS MAX -- Lawn on D, Boston / Sasaki Associates -- A'Beckett Urban Square, Melbourne, Australia / Peter Elliott, Taylor Cullity Lethlean -- John Madjeski Courtyard V&A, London / Kim Wilkie -- Battersea Power Station Pop-Up Park, London / LDA Design -- MOMA PS1, Brooklyn / Various through the Young Architects Program (YAP) -- Serpentine Pavilion, London / Various designers -- Robson Redux, Vancouver, British Columbia / Various designers -- Radcliffe Public Art Competition, Cambridge / Student competition -- La Place des Festivals and La Promenade des Artistes, Montréal, Québec / Daoust Lestage -- Trafalgar Square, London / Foster + Partners -- Southbank Centre Squatre, London / GROSS MAX -- Navy Yard Central Green, Philadelphia / James Corner Field Operations -- The Goods Line, Sydney, Australia / ASPECT Studios -- Sechseläutenplatz, Zurich / Veschpartner -- Benthemplein Water Square, Rotterdam / De Urbanisten -- More London / Townshend Landscape Architects -- Bryant Park, New York / OLIN -- Somerset House Fountain Court, London / Donald Insall Associates -- Du Musée Avenue, Montréal, Québec / Various designers --Berges de Seine, Paris / Franklin Azzi Architects -- Schouwburgplein (Theatre Square), Rotterdam / West 8 -- Centro Abierto de Actividades Cuidadanas (CAAC), Cordoba, Spain / Paredes Pino Arquitectos -- Schlossplatz: temporary park at Humboldt Forum, Berlin / relais Landschaftsarchitekten --
Designing for the urban sublime: the uncanny as a programmatic motivation in New York City parks / F. Philip Barash, Gina Ford -- The redevelopment of King's Cross, London / Ken Trew -- Key projects of Aspect Studios / Kirsten Bauer -- Open and invitational: the design approach of James Corner Field Operations / Richard Kennedy -- Permanent and ephemeral culture: Places des Festivals, Quartier des Spectacles, Montréal / Daoust Lestage -- Innocence / Adriaan Geuze, Annemarie Kuijt -- Afterword : Design, curation and identity / James Corner.
Case studies described include Robson Redux, Vancouver, B.C.; La place des festivals and La promenade des artistes, Montréal, Québec; and Avenue du Musée, Montréal, Québec.

Summary:

Open urban spaces are an ideal stage for public events. An important prerequisite for their design in an increasingly heterogeneous multicultural cityscape is the relationship between design, use, and social function. The book documents both temporary as well as permanent installations of various kinds - from the open-air courtyard of a museum to the design of a river bank promenade, through to a city park.

ISBN:

9783035611892
3035611890

Subject:

Public spaces.
Public art spaces.
Espaces publics.
Espaces d'art public.
Art and Design.
Public spaces Québec (Province) Montréal.
Public spaces British Columbia Vancouver.
Public art spaces Québec (Province) Montréal
Public art spaces British Columbia Vancouver
Montréal (Québec) Buildings, structures, etc.
Vancouver (B.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304301
Call No.: BIB 249863
Status: Available