A radical normal : propositions for the architecture of the city / Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani; translated by Kyung Hun Oh.

Main entry:

Magnago Lampugnani, Vittorio, 1951-

Title & Author:

A radical normal : propositions for the architecture of the city / Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani; translated by Kyung Hun Oh.

Publication:

Berlin : DOM Publishers, [2021]
©2021

Description:

199 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Basics ; volume 135.

Notes:
Original German edition 2015
Includes bibliographical references.
Serene modernity -- A new simplicity -- What remains of the modern project? -- The world of technology is not the world of people -- Opaque Transparencies -- Gestures without meaning -- The spectre of monotony -- Towards a reflective Avant-Garde -- Memory and sustainability -- Architecture in the age of environmental crisis -- A project of preservation -- Maintaining the twentieth century city -- Looking at architecture directly -- Durability, closeness, and reduction -- The architecture of urban density -- Architectures and places -- Contemporary urban design -- For a new foundation of the discipline of urban design -- Building on the periphery: suburbia or city? -- The historic centre as facility, cultural asset, and design manual -- The city as a lounge? -- Cars, cities, and streets -- The architecture of the decelerated city -- Affordable housing as Avant-Garde project -- Variations of the urban block -- Mindful utopias -- The individual, society, and the architecture of the city -- A city of many faces -- Five personal suggestions for contemporary urban design -- Building in times of uncertainty.

Summary:

A protest against the merciless globalisation of the city and its dissolution into faceless, inhospitable peripheries. This collection of essays aims at a more careful understanding of European cities and compellingly puts forward an alternative approach to urbanism.

ISBN:

386922701X
9783869227016

Subject:

City planning.
Architectural design.
Design architectural.

Added entries:

Oh, Kyung Hun, translator.
Basics (Berlin, Germany) ; 135.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315863
Call No.: 315863
Copy: 1
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit