Main entry:

Louafi, Kamel, 1952-

Title & Author:

Public spaces : what for? wozu? pourquoi? / Kamel Louafi.

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis Verlag GmbH, ©2016.

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Our motive -- Urban networks -- Essay : Urban life: encounter at the Winterfeldplatz, Berlin -- Urbanity: urban plazas yesterday and today -- Places publiques : An oasis in the middle of the city -- Essay : A reunion at the Opernplatz, Hanover-- Essay : Urban scenes at the Königsplatz, Kassel -- Essay : Urban life at the Place des Martyrs, Algiers -- Two locations : Hanover: City of water and parks, Town Hall Square at Maschsee ; Esch-sur-Alzette: City of steel, Brillplatz -- Art in context / Dörte Eggert-Heerdegen -- The location : Hanover, the city as garden : "Everyone is allowed to make a change [here]" / Stefan Schostok, Mayor, Hanover ; Trammplatz at Maschpark, Hanover ; Hanover's Trammplatz / Uwe Bodemann, head of Building and Planning, Hanover ; Preliminary design: Urban Planning Department, 1st prologue / Thomas Göbel-Groß ; Plaza design: plaza idea, 2nd prologue / Kamel Louafi ; Stone sculptures on the Town Hall Square Trammplatz at Maschsee ; The birth of the idea: the cloverleaf as a paving feature and stone sculpture ; Essay : Urban life: Elfi at the Trammplatz -- The location : Esch-sur-Alzette, city of steel ; Brillplatz is a place where you can "get to know other people" / Vera Spautz, Mayor, Esch-sur-Alzette ; Idea for the plaza, 1st prologue / André Heller ; International design competition, 2nd prologue / Kamel Louafi ; The importance of public space in Esch-sur-Alzette / Luc Everling, municipal architect, Esch-sur-Alzette ; Place of the Five Continents, Brillplatz, Esch-sur-Alzette: bronze and hedges sculptures ; The birth of the idea ; Art: gardens and sculptures, garden art ; Sculptures in the Parc, bronze sculptures at Brillplatz ; The Continents: the international character and locality of the Continents ; Sculptures in the Parc ; The Antipode and the light ; Essay : Urban life at Brillplatz ; The users ; The process, the realisation -- Public spaces: what for? : Conclusion.
In German, English, and French parallel text.

Summary:

The book presents essays and discussions about the significance of one's own design aspirations for the planning of public spaces. It contains detailed descriptions of the Trammplatz in Hanover and the Platz der Fünf Kontinente in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, with contributions by Stefan Schostok, the senior mayor of the regional capital Hanover, as well as Uwe Bodemann, the Head of Municipal Planning in Hanover, and Vera Spautz, the mayoress of Esch-sur-Alzette, along with Luc Everling, the urban architect from Esch, Dörte Eggert-Heerdegen, and Kamel Louafi.

ISBN:

9783868594461
3868594469

Subject:

Public spaces.
Architecture Human factors.
Architecture Germany Hannover.
Architecture Luxembourg Esch-sur-Alzette.
Espaces publics.
Architecture Facteurs humains.
Architecture Allemagne Hanovre.
Buildings
Architecture
Hannover (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) Buildings, structures, etc.
Luxembourg Esch-sur-Alzette
Germany Hannover

Holdings:

Location: Library main 297860
Call No.: BIB 244168
Status: Available