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Incontournables dans le paysage contemporain de la pensée urbaine, les écrits théoriques d'Igniasi de Solà-Morales n'avaient jusqu'ici jamais été traduits en français. Ce recueil de dix textes recèle pourtant une richesse de vues propres à nourrir toute réflexion sur le rapport entre ville, architecture et territoire, qu'il s'agisse des défis d'hier ou de l'avenir latent(...)
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Incontournables dans le paysage contemporain de la pensée urbaine, les écrits théoriques d'Igniasi de Solà-Morales n'avaient jusqu'ici jamais été traduits en français. Ce recueil de dix textes recèle pourtant une richesse de vues propres à nourrir toute réflexion sur le rapport entre ville, architecture et territoire, qu'il s'agisse des défis d'hier ou de l'avenir latent(...)
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Incontournables dans le paysage contemporain de la pensée urbaine, les écrits théoriques d'Igniasi de Solà-Morales n'avaient jusqu'ici jamais été traduits en français. Ce recueil de dix textes recèle pourtant une richesse de vues propres à nourrir toute réflexion sur le rapport entre ville, architecture et territoire, qu'il s'agisse des défis d'hier ou de l'avenir latent de notre civilisation ultra-urbaine. Invitant d'abord à une relecture de l'histoire des théories et de la pratique architecturales depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l'auteur, à la fois architecte et historien, considère la ville sous l'angle de son dégagement progressif de la matérialité, et l'envisage comme un ensemble, infini et indéfini, de juxtapositions, de réseaux et de flux. Comment aménager cet espace urbain désormais fluide, sinon « liquide »? qu'y bâtir? selon quels principes?
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Incontournables dans le paysage contemporain de la pensée urbaine, les écrits théoriques d'Igniasi de Solà-Morales n'avaient jusqu'ici jamais été traduits en français. Ce recueil de dix textes recèle pourtant une richesse de vues propres à nourrir toute réflexion sur le rapport entre ville, architecture et territoire, qu'il s'agisse des défis d'hier ou de l'avenir latent de notre civilisation ultra-urbaine. Invitant d'abord à une relecture de l'histoire des théories et de la pratique architecturales depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale, l'auteur, à la fois architecte et historien, considère la ville sous l'angle de son dégagement progressif de la matérialité, et l'envisage comme un ensemble, infini et indéfini, de juxtapositions, de réseaux et de flux. Comment aménager cet espace urbain désormais fluide, sinon « liquide »? qu'y bâtir? selon quels principes?
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July 2024
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Urban Landscapes
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Depuis plus de trois siècles, se pose la question de la place de la nature dans l'aménagement des villes. Des premiers jardins ouverts au public à la fin du XVIe siècle, comme les Tuileries à Paris ou Hyde Park à Londres, aux forêts urbaines contemporaines, les réponses apportées par les architectes, ingénieurs, paysagistes et leurs commanditaires sont inséparables de(...)
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Depuis plus de trois siècles, se pose la question de la place de la nature dans l'aménagement des villes. Des premiers jardins ouverts au public à la fin du XVIe siècle, comme les Tuileries à Paris ou Hyde Park à Londres, aux forêts urbaines contemporaines, les réponses apportées par les architectes, ingénieurs, paysagistes et leurs commanditaires sont inséparables de(...)
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Natures urbaines : Une histoire technique et sociale 1600-2030
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Depuis plus de trois siècles, se pose la question de la place de la nature dans l'aménagement des villes. Des premiers jardins ouverts au public à la fin du XVIe siècle, comme les Tuileries à Paris ou Hyde Park à Londres, aux forêts urbaines contemporaines, les réponses apportées par les architectes, ingénieurs, paysagistes et leurs commanditaires sont inséparables de préoccupations sociales. En même temps qu'elle contribue à l'hygiène publique, la nature participe à créer des liens entre les citadins. L'histoire révèle également la dimension technique de ces jardins et parcs urbains, inséparable par exemple des plantations de Paris sous le Second Empire ou de la création de Central Park à New York à la même époque. Face à la crise climatique actuelle, la nature joue un rôle central. Etudier l'évolution de la ou des natures urbaines, c'est aussi s'interroger sur le devenir des villes.
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Depuis plus de trois siècles, se pose la question de la place de la nature dans l'aménagement des villes. Des premiers jardins ouverts au public à la fin du XVIe siècle, comme les Tuileries à Paris ou Hyde Park à Londres, aux forêts urbaines contemporaines, les réponses apportées par les architectes, ingénieurs, paysagistes et leurs commanditaires sont inséparables de préoccupations sociales. En même temps qu'elle contribue à l'hygiène publique, la nature participe à créer des liens entre les citadins. L'histoire révèle également la dimension technique de ces jardins et parcs urbains, inséparable par exemple des plantations de Paris sous le Second Empire ou de la création de Central Park à New York à la même époque. Face à la crise climatique actuelle, la nature joue un rôle central. Etudier l'évolution de la ou des natures urbaines, c'est aussi s'interroger sur le devenir des villes.
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May 2024
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This book provides an in-depth overview of graphic and visual communication styles for conveying climate change and climate action within the landscape architectural profession and in academia. The book features visualizations of climate adaptation and resilience, developed by award-winning landscape architects and academics from Canada, the United States, the United(...)
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This book provides an in-depth overview of graphic and visual communication styles for conveying climate change and climate action within the landscape architectural profession and in academia. The book features visualizations of climate adaptation and resilience, developed by award-winning landscape architects and academics from Canada, the United States, the United(...)
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Representing landscapes: Visualizing climate action
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This book provides an in-depth overview of graphic and visual communication styles for conveying climate change and climate action within the landscape architectural profession and in academia. The book features visualizations of climate adaptation and resilience, developed by award-winning landscape architects and academics from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, Finland, South Africa, Singapore, and China. ''Representing Landscapes: Visualizing Climate Action'' illustrates the imaginative ways in which climate action and climate resilient concepts are visually presented, communicated, and perceived. The book will be especially valuable for students and practitioners in landscape architecture, urban planning, and related fields to understand how to visually capture climate change issues and design solutions, and to deliver this message to the public.
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This book provides an in-depth overview of graphic and visual communication styles for conveying climate change and climate action within the landscape architectural profession and in academia. The book features visualizations of climate adaptation and resilience, developed by award-winning landscape architects and academics from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, Finland, South Africa, Singapore, and China. ''Representing Landscapes: Visualizing Climate Action'' illustrates the imaginative ways in which climate action and climate resilient concepts are visually presented, communicated, and perceived. The book will be especially valuable for students and practitioners in landscape architecture, urban planning, and related fields to understand how to visually capture climate change issues and design solutions, and to deliver this message to the public.
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August 2024
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« Lausanne Jardins » est un événement culturel associant architecture du paysage et réflexion sur la ville. Le temps d’un été, une série de jardins éphémères se déploie sur le territoire lausannois, dont certains restent en place bien au-delà de lamanifestation. Ainsi depuis sa première édition en 1997, et au gré des suivantes (actuellement, la 7e édition), Lausanne(...)
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« Lausanne Jardins » est un événement culturel associant architecture du paysage et réflexion sur la ville. Le temps d’un été, une série de jardins éphémères se déploie sur le territoire lausannois, dont certains restent en place bien au-delà de lamanifestation. Ainsi depuis sa première édition en 1997, et au gré des suivantes (actuellement, la 7e édition), Lausanne(...)
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January 2025
January 2025
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Lausanne Jardins, la ville autrement
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« Lausanne Jardins » est un événement culturel associant architecture du paysage et réflexion sur la ville. Le temps d’un été, une série de jardins éphémères se déploie sur le territoire lausannois, dont certains restent en place bien au-delà de lamanifestation. Ainsi depuis sa première édition en 1997, et au gré des suivantes (actuellement, la 7e édition), Lausanne Jardins contribue à la transformation urbanistique et paysagère de laville en ramenant le végétal au coeur de l’espace bâti tout en faisant évoluer les pratiques. Dès le début, Lausanne Jardins a posé les bases d’un concept clair qui le distingue d’un festival : un nouveau site et un thème à chaque édition. Intervenant dans l’espace public avec des installations paysagères, la manifestation s’appuye sur les enjeux du moment: nature en ville, qualité de l’espace non-bâti, nouvelles infrastrutures de mobilité, sol urbain, ville éponge, climat.
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« Lausanne Jardins » est un événement culturel associant architecture du paysage et réflexion sur la ville. Le temps d’un été, une série de jardins éphémères se déploie sur le territoire lausannois, dont certains restent en place bien au-delà de lamanifestation. Ainsi depuis sa première édition en 1997, et au gré des suivantes (actuellement, la 7e édition), Lausanne Jardins contribue à la transformation urbanistique et paysagère de laville en ramenant le végétal au coeur de l’espace bâti tout en faisant évoluer les pratiques. Dès le début, Lausanne Jardins a posé les bases d’un concept clair qui le distingue d’un festival : un nouveau site et un thème à chaque édition. Intervenant dans l’espace public avec des installations paysagères, la manifestation s’appuye sur les enjeux du moment: nature en ville, qualité de l’espace non-bâti, nouvelles infrastrutures de mobilité, sol urbain, ville éponge, climat.
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January 2025
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''The Right to Nature'' is a new chapter of reflection and work of the AG greenscape, centered on the current and renewed relationship between man and nature, and the consequent transformation of our cities through new ways of living, inhabiting, working with nature and the landscape as the protagonist, in every area, at all project scales, as a social balancer and(...)
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''The Right to Nature'' is a new chapter of reflection and work of the AG greenscape, centered on the current and renewed relationship between man and nature, and the consequent transformation of our cities through new ways of living, inhabiting, working with nature and the landscape as the protagonist, in every area, at all project scales, as a social balancer and(...)
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May 2025
May 2025
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The right to nature: For a new urban landscape
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''The Right to Nature'' is a new chapter of reflection and work of the AG greenscape, centered on the current and renewed relationship between man and nature, and the consequent transformation of our cities through new ways of living, inhabiting, working with nature and the landscape as the protagonist, in every area, at all project scales, as a social balancer and activator of a new urban sociality. The relationship between man and nature today is an urgent issue in the debate on the contemporary city, but it still has to be truly explored, defined, and built. Throughout seven main topics – Green and blue infrastructures, Regeneration, Public space, Dwelling, Green welfare, Heritage, and Care –, the book explores contemporary urban landscape issues at the different scales of the project, in the light of the relationship between human beings and nature.
The right to nature: For a new urban landscape
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''The Right to Nature'' is a new chapter of reflection and work of the AG greenscape, centered on the current and renewed relationship between man and nature, and the consequent transformation of our cities through new ways of living, inhabiting, working with nature and the landscape as the protagonist, in every area, at all project scales, as a social balancer and activator of a new urban sociality. The relationship between man and nature today is an urgent issue in the debate on the contemporary city, but it still has to be truly explored, defined, and built. Throughout seven main topics – Green and blue infrastructures, Regeneration, Public space, Dwelling, Green welfare, Heritage, and Care –, the book explores contemporary urban landscape issues at the different scales of the project, in the light of the relationship between human beings and nature.
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May 2025
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Urban wild ecology
Urban wild ecology
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Following the calamitous events of 2011 in Japan, Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama began to look at the link between materials and energy related to daily life, such as household goods, homes, food, and waste. They sought ways to reinvent how we live, from dependence on infrastructure and industry to another relationship: off-grid homes that generate solar power,(...)
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Following the calamitous events of 2011 in Japan, Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama began to look at the link between materials and energy related to daily life, such as household goods, homes, food, and waste. They sought ways to reinvent how we live, from dependence on infrastructure and industry to another relationship: off-grid homes that generate solar power,(...)
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Urban wild ecology
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Following the calamitous events of 2011 in Japan, Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama began to look at the link between materials and energy related to daily life, such as household goods, homes, food, and waste. They sought ways to reinvent how we live, from dependence on infrastructure and industry to another relationship: off-grid homes that generate solar power, gardens that harness the power of microbes in the soil, shared homes in vacant buildings, and construction using discarded materials. The wildness that survives the city enjoys fluctuation and overcomes inconvenience. This book introduces the collectives involved in these activities along with practices and resources.
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Following the calamitous events of 2011 in Japan, Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama began to look at the link between materials and energy related to daily life, such as household goods, homes, food, and waste. They sought ways to reinvent how we live, from dependence on infrastructure and industry to another relationship: off-grid homes that generate solar power, gardens that harness the power of microbes in the soil, shared homes in vacant buildings, and construction using discarded materials. The wildness that survives the city enjoys fluctuation and overcomes inconvenience. This book introduces the collectives involved in these activities along with practices and resources.
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January 2024
January 2024
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Est-il seulement possible, aujourd'hui, de penser la ville dans la plénitude de son rapport avec le paysage? Il faut sans doute, pour cela, consentir à suspendre la primauté de l'une, la récessivité de l'autre. Voilà en tout cas l'un des chemins qu'emprunte ce livre: il explore le statut hybride, complexe, voire paradoxal de la réalité urbaine face à l'inertie des(...)
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Est-il seulement possible, aujourd'hui, de penser la ville dans la plénitude de son rapport avec le paysage? Il faut sans doute, pour cela, consentir à suspendre la primauté de l'une, la récessivité de l'autre. Voilà en tout cas l'un des chemins qu'emprunte ce livre: il explore le statut hybride, complexe, voire paradoxal de la réalité urbaine face à l'inertie des(...)
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November 2005, Lausanne
November 2005, Lausanne
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Méandres : penser le paysage urbain
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Est-il seulement possible, aujourd'hui, de penser la ville dans la plénitude de son rapport avec le paysage? Il faut sans doute, pour cela, consentir à suspendre la primauté de l'une, la récessivité de l'autre. Voilà en tout cas l'un des chemins qu'emprunte ce livre: il explore le statut hybride, complexe, voire paradoxal de la réalité urbaine face à l'inertie des doctrines urbanistiques. Il en évoque le non-dit, puis éveille le soupçon qu'un consensus, fut-il subliminal, conditionne l'idée que nous nous faisons du territoire et contribue à diluer l'urbanisation contemporaine, à l'organiser en précepte périphérique. Or la réalité urbaine émerge différemment, en marge de telles manœuvres. En traitant de stratégies d'inversion conceptuelle et de (re)naturation, en enrichissant la lecture urbaine de la science de la complexité et en l'éloignant de son penchant structuraliste, les auteurs de cet ouvrage voudraient nous sensibiliser à la réalité plus pondérée du paysage urbain contemporain.
Méandres : penser le paysage urbain
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Est-il seulement possible, aujourd'hui, de penser la ville dans la plénitude de son rapport avec le paysage? Il faut sans doute, pour cela, consentir à suspendre la primauté de l'une, la récessivité de l'autre. Voilà en tout cas l'un des chemins qu'emprunte ce livre: il explore le statut hybride, complexe, voire paradoxal de la réalité urbaine face à l'inertie des doctrines urbanistiques. Il en évoque le non-dit, puis éveille le soupçon qu'un consensus, fut-il subliminal, conditionne l'idée que nous nous faisons du territoire et contribue à diluer l'urbanisation contemporaine, à l'organiser en précepte périphérique. Or la réalité urbaine émerge différemment, en marge de telles manœuvres. En traitant de stratégies d'inversion conceptuelle et de (re)naturation, en enrichissant la lecture urbaine de la science de la complexité et en l'éloignant de son penchant structuraliste, les auteurs de cet ouvrage voudraient nous sensibiliser à la réalité plus pondérée du paysage urbain contemporain.
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November 2005, Lausanne
November 2005, Lausanne
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Urban Landscapes
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How green is your garden ?
How green is your garden ?
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This book is an examination of green architecture. Illustrated with photographs, architectural and garden designs, and drawings and computer images, the book demonstrates how technologically and visually cutting-edge green architecture has become. The book also offers commentary on such questions as, what is sustainable design? and can architecture contribute to our(...)
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This book is an examination of green architecture. Illustrated with photographs, architectural and garden designs, and drawings and computer images, the book demonstrates how technologically and visually cutting-edge green architecture has become. The book also offers commentary on such questions as, what is sustainable design? and can architecture contribute to our(...)
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This book is an examination of green architecture. Illustrated with photographs, architectural and garden designs, and drawings and computer images, the book demonstrates how technologically and visually cutting-edge green architecture has become. The book also offers commentary on such questions as, what is sustainable design? and can architecture contribute to our awareness of green living? In collaboration with Bartlett architecture lab, Christine Hawley, Studio 8.
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This book is an examination of green architecture. Illustrated with photographs, architectural and garden designs, and drawings and computer images, the book demonstrates how technologically and visually cutting-edge green architecture has become. The book also offers commentary on such questions as, what is sustainable design? and can architecture contribute to our awareness of green living? In collaboration with Bartlett architecture lab, Christine Hawley, Studio 8.
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September 2003, Chichester
September 2003, Chichester
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"Green city : people, nature, and urban places" looks at eleven cities the world over to see how people and nature have interacted over the course of history, and how people attempt to bring nature into cities. In each of these locations, Soderstrom examines how people have tried to make a connection with nature — how well they’ve done is both a lesson in hope and, often,(...)
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"Green city : people, nature, and urban places" looks at eleven cities the world over to see how people and nature have interacted over the course of history, and how people attempt to bring nature into cities. In each of these locations, Soderstrom examines how people have tried to make a connection with nature — how well they’ve done is both a lesson in hope and, often,(...)
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Green city : people, nature and urban places
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"Green city : people, nature, and urban places" looks at eleven cities the world over to see how people and nature have interacted over the course of history, and how people attempt to bring nature into cities. In each of these locations, Soderstrom examines how people have tried to make a connection with nature — how well they’ve done is both a lesson in hope and, often, a warning. Featuring chapters on Babylon, Provins (France), London and Bloomsbury, Hamilton, Chicago, Irvine, Singapore, Tanga (Tanzania), Kochi (India), Shanghai, and São Paulo, as well as recommendations on what must be done so that everyone has a bit of green to call their own. Also includes photographs and extensive notes.
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"Green city : people, nature, and urban places" looks at eleven cities the world over to see how people and nature have interacted over the course of history, and how people attempt to bring nature into cities. In each of these locations, Soderstrom examines how people have tried to make a connection with nature — how well they’ve done is both a lesson in hope and, often, a warning. Featuring chapters on Babylon, Provins (France), London and Bloomsbury, Hamilton, Chicago, Irvine, Singapore, Tanga (Tanzania), Kochi (India), Shanghai, and São Paulo, as well as recommendations on what must be done so that everyone has a bit of green to call their own. Also includes photographs and extensive notes.
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August 2006, Montréal
August 2006, Montréal
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Urban Landscapes
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With "Edens lost & found", filmmakers Harry Wiland and Dale Bell herald a sea change in the relationship between ordinary citizens, environmental groups, and government. From across America they gather evidence of a new spirit of cooperation among neighbors, planners, architects and builders, city officials, and government agencies. Indeed, as urban issues have become(...)
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With "Edens lost & found", filmmakers Harry Wiland and Dale Bell herald a sea change in the relationship between ordinary citizens, environmental groups, and government. From across America they gather evidence of a new spirit of cooperation among neighbors, planners, architects and builders, city officials, and government agencies. Indeed, as urban issues have become(...)
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May 2006, White River Junction
May 2006, White River Junction
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Edens lost and found : how ordinary citizens are restoring our great American cities
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With "Edens lost & found", filmmakers Harry Wiland and Dale Bell herald a sea change in the relationship between ordinary citizens, environmental groups, and government. From across America they gather evidence of a new spirit of cooperation among neighbors, planners, architects and builders, city officials, and government agencies. Indeed, as urban issues have become undeniably urgent problems that demand answers, people from disparate backgrounds and political leanings are joining forces to recast life in American cities. As citizens take action where government has failed, they are finding support, encouragement, and help from their neighbors. Conversely, as progressive-minded government agencies and organizations explore nontraditional solutions, an energized community rallies to the cause. Neither exclusively top-down, nor grass roots, we are in the midst of an unprecedented movement that unites efforts from every quarter in a common cause. Focusing on Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seattle-four cities that face vastly different challenges-"Edens lost & found" highlights the remarkable power of hope, pride, ingenuity, and chutzpah that characterize this era of collaboration. Bioengineering concepts-now increasingly understood by many to offer the most effective, cost-efficient solutions-are playing a central role. Working with-rather than in opposition to-nature is leading to such innovations as rooftop and urban gardens, restored parks, transformed vacant lots, the re-greening of city streets, and eco-friendly watershed management. Edens Lost & Found shows how working to reshape the land also transforms the relationships people have to one another.
Edens lost and found : how ordinary citizens are restoring our great American cities
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With "Edens lost & found", filmmakers Harry Wiland and Dale Bell herald a sea change in the relationship between ordinary citizens, environmental groups, and government. From across America they gather evidence of a new spirit of cooperation among neighbors, planners, architects and builders, city officials, and government agencies. Indeed, as urban issues have become undeniably urgent problems that demand answers, people from disparate backgrounds and political leanings are joining forces to recast life in American cities. As citizens take action where government has failed, they are finding support, encouragement, and help from their neighbors. Conversely, as progressive-minded government agencies and organizations explore nontraditional solutions, an energized community rallies to the cause. Neither exclusively top-down, nor grass roots, we are in the midst of an unprecedented movement that unites efforts from every quarter in a common cause. Focusing on Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seattle-four cities that face vastly different challenges-"Edens lost & found" highlights the remarkable power of hope, pride, ingenuity, and chutzpah that characterize this era of collaboration. Bioengineering concepts-now increasingly understood by many to offer the most effective, cost-efficient solutions-are playing a central role. Working with-rather than in opposition to-nature is leading to such innovations as rooftop and urban gardens, restored parks, transformed vacant lots, the re-greening of city streets, and eco-friendly watershed management. Edens Lost & Found shows how working to reshape the land also transforms the relationships people have to one another.
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May 2006, White River Junction
May 2006, White River Junction
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Urban Landscapes
Urban Landscapes
