Organization space : landscapes, highways, and houses in America / Keller Easterling.

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Easterling, Keller, 1959-

Title & Author:

Organization space : landscapes, highways, and houses in America / Keller Easterling.

Publication:

Description:

209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Terrestrial networks ; Subtraction inversion remote: the Appalachian Trail ; Framework: terra incognita and environment ; Partition: watershed and wayside ; Sites -- pt. 2. Differential highways ; Redundancy and interstice: transcontinental and intercity networks Switch: terminal, interchange, vehicle ; Parallel networks: roadsides ; Sites -- pt. 3. Subdivision products ; Function and template: war-town subdivision science Function: New Deal demonstration projects ; Summation: subdivision merchandising ; Sites.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The dominant architectures in our culture of development consist of generic protocols for building offices, airports, highways, and houses. For Keller Easterling, these organizational formats are not merely the context of design efforts - they are the design. Bridging the theoretical gap between architecture and infrastructure, Easterling views architecture as part of an ecology of interrelationships and linkages, and she treats the expression of organizational character as part of the architectural endeavor." "By showing the reciprocal relations between systems of thinking and modes of designing, Easterling establishes unexpected congruencies between natural and built environments, virtual and physical systems, highway and communication networks, and corporate and spatial organizations. She frames her unconventional notion of site not in terms of singular entities, but in terms of relationships between multiple sites that are both individually and collectively adjustable."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0262050617 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780262050616 (hc ; alk. paper)
0262550407
9780262550406

Subject:

Space (Architecture)
Espace (Architecture)
Landschaftsplanung
Siedlungsplanung
Stadtforschung
Verkehrsbau
Verkehrsplanung
City planning United States.
Building sites United States.
Roads United States
Dwellings United States.
USA
Geschichte 1900-1999

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207950
Call No.: NA9053.S6 E2 1999
Status: Available

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