Title & Author:

Skycar city : a pre-emptive history / edited by Winy Maas and Grace La ; with Ryan O'Connor [and others].

Publication:

Barcelona ; New York : Actar, 2007.

Description:

237 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
"A compilation of the design work produced by the inaugural Marcus Prize Studio held at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning."--Page 4 of cover
"MVRDV/UWM."
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Robert Greenstreet -- Skycar city / Winy Maas -- Urban change -- From car to skycar -- Catalog: the skycar collection -- The making of skycar city : Program : The 5M city ; Programmatic volume estimates ; Program arrangement -- Pathways : Application ; Proximity ; Pathway configuration ; Origin of nodes and their formation ; Origin of polyps and their formation -- Parking : Parking structure development ; Parking typologies: prong, skip-stop ; Hanging rack, Rolodex ; Honeycomb, scallop ; Passage, theater ; Skyquarium, multi-modal, stadium -- City typologies : Neighborhood location ; Type 1: Tower city ; Type 2. Swiss cheese city ; Type 3: Coral city ; Type 4: Garden city -- From car(city) to skycar(city) -- Case: Tianjin, China -- On boids and beauty / Grace La.

Summary:

"Welcome to skycar city. A city with "streets" at any level, or perhaps empty of streets as we know them. In this new type of metropolis, traffic lights are replaced with a car's on-board navigational system, with parking garages in any location, with a revolutionized address system, the repercussions are endless."--Jacket

Resources:
TOC

ISBN:

9788496540583
8496540588
8820804166
9788820804169

Subject:

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. School of Architecture & Urban Planning.
MVRDV (Firme) Catalogues.
Twenty-first century Forecasts.
Experimental automobiles.
City planning.
Experimental design.
Visionary architecture.
Research Design
Architecture visionnaire.
Vingt et unième siècle Prévisions.
Automobiles expérimentales.
Plan d'expérience.
visionary architecture.
Twenty-first century
Urban transportation.
Express highways.
Stadsplanering.
Framtidsfrågor.
Stadstrafik.

Form/genre:

Forecasts

Added entries:

Maas, Winy, 1959-
La, Grace.
MVRDV (Firm)
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. School of Architecture & Urban Planning.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 254932
Call No.: BIB 185007
Status: Available