Title & Author:

Future Asian space : projecting the urban space of new East Asia / edited by Limin Hee, with Davisi Boontharm and Erwin Viray.

Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press for Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture (CASA), Dept. of Architecture, National University of Singapore, ©2012.

Description:

xxviii, 219 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index.
Future Asian space / Limin Hee [and others] -- Exporting China / Laurence Wie-Wu Liauw -- Cities on the move, East Asian cities and a critical neo-modernity / C.J.W.-L. Wee -- The paradox of public space in the Korean metropolis / Sung Hong Kim -- Inscriptions of change in Singapore's streetscapes / Thomas Hutton -- The idea of creative reuse urbanism, the role of local creativities in culturally sustainable place-making, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore / Davisi Boontharm -- Shanghai's art factories as generators of urban revitalization / Limin Hee and Nanxi Su -- A neighborhood in Singapore / Ah Eng Lai -- Site, situation, spectator, encountering history through site-responsive practices / Lilian Chee -- The greatness of small / Darco Radović -- Fibercity, designing for shrinkage / Hidetoshi Ohno.

Summary:

Rapid technological, economic, social and cultural changes are transforming the idea of "Asian space." With the shift to a global economy and an urban population explosion, Asian cities have become a mainstay of progress, national pride, identity, and positioning on the global stage. The extraordinary pace and intensity of the changes have created a situation unique in the history of urban development. Despite the immense diversity of Asian countries, "Asia-ness" is often treated as a distinctive quality that has emerged from unique recent circumstances affecting Asian urbanizations as a whole. In Future Asian Space, 15 authors explore broad concepts relating to the creation and re-creation of "Asian space" and contemporary Asian identity, and their examination of different sites and research approaches highlights the difficulty of pinpointing what Asia-ness is, or might become. Appropriate design and planning of cities is a critical element in building a sustainable future and coping with environmental, social and cultural problems. Future Asian Space is designed to stimulate interests and engagement in discussions of the Asian city, and its trajectories in architecture and urbanism., but the authors' conclusions will intrigue anyone interested in teh future of cities and urban life in Asia.

ISBN:

9789971695965
9971695960

Subject:

Cities and towns Growth.
City planning East Asia.
Urbanization East Asia.
Villes Croissance.
City planning.
Urbanization.
East Asia.

Added entries:

Hee, Limin.
Davisi Boontharm.
Viray, Erwin.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278171
Call No.: BIB 213656
Status: Available