Title & Author:

Scramble city : cross section of a fictictious secondary city / by Lada Hršak, Michiel van Iersel, Dieuwertje Come and Neeltje ten Westenend ; [editors, Linda Vlassenrood, Neeltje ten Westenend ; project texts, Tijs van den Boomen (and three others)].

Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Mondriaan Fund, [2012]

Description:

24 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm + 1 map (1 sheet : illustrations, some in color ; 22 x 180 cm, folded to 22 x 16 cm).

Series:

What's up, what's down

Notes:
Caption title.
Booklet and concertina-folded map/panoramic illustration sealed in an envelope labeled "Scrambled City."
At the launch of OASE 89 held at the Stadsmuseum Gent, April 25, 2013, the project Scramble City was introduced.
OASE 89 was distributed with a sealed envelope titled "Scramble City" which contains a 15-foot long conceptual map/panoramic illustration created by Lada Hršak and a 24 page booklet titled "Scramble City: Cross Section of a Fictitious Secondary City" with its distinct ISBN.
"This cahier is part of a series of four cahiers, each providing its own account of the study trip What's up, What's Up, What's Down: Cultural Catalysts in Urban Space, examining cultural politics in European secondary cities, organized in 2010 by the former Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture"--Page 24.
The series includes the four following titles: "Claiming Visibility: the Politics of Public Art ''; Scramble City: Cross-section of a Fictitious Secondary City"; "Balkan in the Polder"; and 'Lelysteden". All four notebooks can be ordered from the Mondriaan Foundation.

Summary:

Scramble City presents the cross section of a fictitious secondary city, composed of elements from nine European cities. It is a visual essay recording a journey through a fragmented urban landscape. Containing an inventory of official and informal Attempts to make sections of the city unique and liveable, with a focus on cultural interventions. It is ultimately a journey through time: The Successes and failures in the creation of urban identity over the past decade.

ISBN:

9789076936314
9076936315
9789462080157
9462080151

Subject:

City planning Europe 21st century.
Urban renewal Europe 21st century.
Regional planning Europe 21st century.
Rénovation urbaine Europe 21e siècle.
Aménagement du territoire Europe 21e siècle.
Urban renewal
City planning
Regional planning
Europe
Urban planning.

Added entries:

Hršak, Lada, creator.
Ichiel, Michiel van, creator.
Komen, Dieuwertje, creator.
Westenend, Neeltje ten, creator.
Boomen, Tijs van den, 1960- editor.
Vlassenrood, Linda, editor.
Mondriaan Stichting.
Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving en bouwkunst.
What's up, what's down.

City as an egg

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283773
Call No.: BIB 222181
Status: Available

Location: Library main 283775
Call No.: BIB 222181
Copy: envelope
Status: Available

Location: Library main 283774
Call No.: BIB 222181
Copy: sheet
Status: Available