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Le Paris arpenté et croqué par le dessinateur Louis Bretez aux ordres du prévôt Michel Etienne Turgot n'a pas encore tout à fait disparu de notre paysage urbain. Cependant, dans maints endroits, un effort d'imagination est nécessaire pour restituer à partir des images et des commentaires l'ambiance des rues, les alignements des immeubles, les places et les parvis(...)
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Le Paris arpenté et croqué par le dessinateur Louis Bretez aux ordres du prévôt Michel Etienne Turgot n'a pas encore tout à fait disparu de notre paysage urbain. Cependant, dans maints endroits, un effort d'imagination est nécessaire pour restituer à partir des images et des commentaires l'ambiance des rues, les alignements des immeubles, les places et les parvis(...)
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Le Paris des Lumières d'après le plan de Turgot (1734-1739)
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Le Paris arpenté et croqué par le dessinateur Louis Bretez aux ordres du prévôt Michel Etienne Turgot n'a pas encore tout à fait disparu de notre paysage urbain. Cependant, dans maints endroits, un effort d'imagination est nécessaire pour restituer à partir des images et des commentaires l'ambiance des rues, les alignements des immeubles, les places et les parvis d'églises,b les berges de la Seine. Face à la clôture des Universités Paris VI et VII, place Jussieu, est-il possible en fermant les yeux d'imaginer l'entrée de l'abbaye Saint-Victor? Assis au pied de la fontaine des Innocents, a-t-on idée que l'on pénètre l'ancien domaine des morts de Paris du cimetière des Innocents? Côté est de la place Saint-Germain des Prés, sur un banc du square Laurent Prache, on se souviendra qu'à cet emplacement s'élevait l'une des plus précieuses bibliothèques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, où étudiaient et écrivaient les savants de l'époque. A l'inverse, une promenade au jardin des Plantes, une visite place des Vosges où dans les hôtels du Marais illustreront livre en main et sur place l'exactitude des dessins et la permanence de l'occupation des lieux. L'association judicieuse des extraits du plan de Paris de Turgot aux images contemporaines - gravures, dessins, tableaux -, aux photographies modernes et aux commentaires des auteurs permettront à tout un chacun d'aller à la rencontre, non pas de fantômes, mais de témoignages du passé. Cet ouvrage n'est pas le récit nostalgique de l'altération ou de la disparition des sites et des monuments anciens de Paris, mais l'histoire illustrée par plus de cent lieux caractéristiques, lieux de vie et lieux de mémoire.
Le Paris des Lumières d'après le plan de Turgot (1734-1739)
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Le Paris arpenté et croqué par le dessinateur Louis Bretez aux ordres du prévôt Michel Etienne Turgot n'a pas encore tout à fait disparu de notre paysage urbain. Cependant, dans maints endroits, un effort d'imagination est nécessaire pour restituer à partir des images et des commentaires l'ambiance des rues, les alignements des immeubles, les places et les parvis d'églises,b les berges de la Seine. Face à la clôture des Universités Paris VI et VII, place Jussieu, est-il possible en fermant les yeux d'imaginer l'entrée de l'abbaye Saint-Victor? Assis au pied de la fontaine des Innocents, a-t-on idée que l'on pénètre l'ancien domaine des morts de Paris du cimetière des Innocents? Côté est de la place Saint-Germain des Prés, sur un banc du square Laurent Prache, on se souviendra qu'à cet emplacement s'élevait l'une des plus précieuses bibliothèques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, où étudiaient et écrivaient les savants de l'époque. A l'inverse, une promenade au jardin des Plantes, une visite place des Vosges où dans les hôtels du Marais illustreront livre en main et sur place l'exactitude des dessins et la permanence de l'occupation des lieux. L'association judicieuse des extraits du plan de Paris de Turgot aux images contemporaines - gravures, dessins, tableaux -, aux photographies modernes et aux commentaires des auteurs permettront à tout un chacun d'aller à la rencontre, non pas de fantômes, mais de témoignages du passé. Cet ouvrage n'est pas le récit nostalgique de l'altération ou de la disparition des sites et des monuments anciens de Paris, mais l'histoire illustrée par plus de cent lieux caractéristiques, lieux de vie et lieux de mémoire.
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October 2005, Paris
October 2005, Paris
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Urban Theory
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Habiter la menace
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À l'aube du XXIe siècle, il est communément admis que la nature, au même titre que le construit, est un artefact, une élaboration humaine. C'est clair, c'est l'héritage du XXe siècle. Ce qui est nouveau, toutefois, c'est que notre environnement, naturel et construit, soit désormais perçu, tant au plan symbolique que littéral, comme source de danger. La nature, la montagne(...)
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À l'aube du XXIe siècle, il est communément admis que la nature, au même titre que le construit, est un artefact, une élaboration humaine. C'est clair, c'est l'héritage du XXe siècle. Ce qui est nouveau, toutefois, c'est que notre environnement, naturel et construit, soit désormais perçu, tant au plan symbolique que littéral, comme source de danger. La nature, la montagne(...)
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À l'aube du XXIe siècle, il est communément admis que la nature, au même titre que le construit, est un artefact, une élaboration humaine. C'est clair, c'est l'héritage du XXe siècle. Ce qui est nouveau, toutefois, c'est que notre environnement, naturel et construit, soit désormais perçu, tant au plan symbolique que littéral, comme source de danger. La nature, la montagne et l'air notamment, tout comme la ville en termes génériques, menacent l'être humain. Lothar, les avalanches de février 1999, les éboulements, sans parler des champs électromagnétiques et des gaz azotés, ont envahi les médias ; leurs images côtoient désormais celles, un peu fanées, des océans lointains aux eaux transparentes. En même temps, ce monde, où chacun prend les risques individuels les plus fous (base jumping, ski extrême...), n'accepte plus le risque collectif. Les ouvrages de protection se multiplient (digues, murs, etc.) et envahissent le paysage, sans discernement, avec la vigueur et la bonne conscience de l'investissement " utile " parce que nécessaire. Dans ce contexte, une réflexion architecturale doit s'engager. L'ouvrage de protection ne pourrait-il pas accueillir d'autres programmes ? La digue ne pourrait-elle pas être à la fois paravalanche et hôtel ? La chemise de protection d'un gros transformateur en milieu urbain ne pourrait-elle pas être tout ensemble mur et habitation ? Ce qui est hostile peut-il être hospitalier ? Ne pourrait-on pas habiter la menace ? Dans cet ouvrage, subtilement illustré, les textes d'un philosophe et d'une géographe côtoient ceux de quatre architectes dont les projets expriment le plaisir de renouveler une pensée architecturale qui apprivoiserait la menace, de repenser une pratique où faire, ce serait faire d'une pierre deux coups...
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À l'aube du XXIe siècle, il est communément admis que la nature, au même titre que le construit, est un artefact, une élaboration humaine. C'est clair, c'est l'héritage du XXe siècle. Ce qui est nouveau, toutefois, c'est que notre environnement, naturel et construit, soit désormais perçu, tant au plan symbolique que littéral, comme source de danger. La nature, la montagne et l'air notamment, tout comme la ville en termes génériques, menacent l'être humain. Lothar, les avalanches de février 1999, les éboulements, sans parler des champs électromagnétiques et des gaz azotés, ont envahi les médias ; leurs images côtoient désormais celles, un peu fanées, des océans lointains aux eaux transparentes. En même temps, ce monde, où chacun prend les risques individuels les plus fous (base jumping, ski extrême...), n'accepte plus le risque collectif. Les ouvrages de protection se multiplient (digues, murs, etc.) et envahissent le paysage, sans discernement, avec la vigueur et la bonne conscience de l'investissement " utile " parce que nécessaire. Dans ce contexte, une réflexion architecturale doit s'engager. L'ouvrage de protection ne pourrait-il pas accueillir d'autres programmes ? La digue ne pourrait-elle pas être à la fois paravalanche et hôtel ? La chemise de protection d'un gros transformateur en milieu urbain ne pourrait-elle pas être tout ensemble mur et habitation ? Ce qui est hostile peut-il être hospitalier ? Ne pourrait-on pas habiter la menace ? Dans cet ouvrage, subtilement illustré, les textes d'un philosophe et d'une géographe côtoient ceux de quatre architectes dont les projets expriment le plaisir de renouveler une pensée architecturale qui apprivoiserait la menace, de repenser une pratique où faire, ce serait faire d'une pierre deux coups...
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March 2006, Lausanne
March 2006, Lausanne
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Green Architecture
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«Les nouvelles maisons en bois» explore les avancées en matière d'utilisation du bols, matériau de plus en plus populaire, dans le vaste domaine que constitue l'architecture domestique. L'introduction développe quelques axes importants, l'histoire et la tradition de la maison en bois, les différents types de charpentes, le rôle que le bois peut jouer dans la protection de(...)
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«Les nouvelles maisons en bois» explore les avancées en matière d'utilisation du bols, matériau de plus en plus populaire, dans le vaste domaine que constitue l'architecture domestique. L'introduction développe quelques axes importants, l'histoire et la tradition de la maison en bois, les différents types de charpentes, le rôle que le bois peut jouer dans la protection de(...)
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Les nouvelles maisons en bois
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«Les nouvelles maisons en bois» explore les avancées en matière d'utilisation du bols, matériau de plus en plus populaire, dans le vaste domaine que constitue l'architecture domestique. L'introduction développe quelques axes importants, l'histoire et la tradition de la maison en bois, les différents types de charpentes, le rôle que le bois peut jouer dans la protection de l'environnement, son utilisation dans un cadre urbain, et aussi la question de sa résistance au feu. Suivent cinq chapitres pour cinq thèmes. Le premier, «Comme des cabanes», aborde le côté naturel et traditionnel du bols, qui en fait un choix tout à fait recommandé pour les maisons de vacances et autres ermitages Ce sont des édifices qui utilisent au maximum leur environnement naturel et qui cadrent avec précision la vue sur le paysage. «En toute simplicité», présente des maisons qui répondent à un idéal d'austérité ou bien qui, par leur forme ou leur finition, dialoguent avec cet idéal. Dans «Résolument modernes», on s'intéresse à des maisons qui n'ont plus rien à vair avec la cabane en rondins. Soit elles embrassent résolument la modernité, soit elles prouvent qu'avec de l'astuce, on peut réinterpréter les bases traditionnelles et leur donner de la vivacité. «Partiellement préfabriquées» s'intéresse au rôle que la préfabrication peut jouer dans la construction des maisons en bois. Certaines utilisent des éléments de grande taille assemblés hors site ; d'autres incorporent ce qui préexistait ou récupèrent des matériaux ou des objets dans l'environnement. Avec «En ville ou en lotissement», on se tourne vers les maisons conçues pour s'intégrer à un ensemble, un quartier, un lotissement ou un complexe, en centre-ville, dans les banlieues ou dans une île paradisiaque. Chaque maison fait l'objet d'un traitement vivant, abondamment illustré de plans architecturaux et de photographies.
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«Les nouvelles maisons en bois» explore les avancées en matière d'utilisation du bols, matériau de plus en plus populaire, dans le vaste domaine que constitue l'architecture domestique. L'introduction développe quelques axes importants, l'histoire et la tradition de la maison en bois, les différents types de charpentes, le rôle que le bois peut jouer dans la protection de l'environnement, son utilisation dans un cadre urbain, et aussi la question de sa résistance au feu. Suivent cinq chapitres pour cinq thèmes. Le premier, «Comme des cabanes», aborde le côté naturel et traditionnel du bols, qui en fait un choix tout à fait recommandé pour les maisons de vacances et autres ermitages Ce sont des édifices qui utilisent au maximum leur environnement naturel et qui cadrent avec précision la vue sur le paysage. «En toute simplicité», présente des maisons qui répondent à un idéal d'austérité ou bien qui, par leur forme ou leur finition, dialoguent avec cet idéal. Dans «Résolument modernes», on s'intéresse à des maisons qui n'ont plus rien à vair avec la cabane en rondins. Soit elles embrassent résolument la modernité, soit elles prouvent qu'avec de l'astuce, on peut réinterpréter les bases traditionnelles et leur donner de la vivacité. «Partiellement préfabriquées» s'intéresse au rôle que la préfabrication peut jouer dans la construction des maisons en bois. Certaines utilisent des éléments de grande taille assemblés hors site ; d'autres incorporent ce qui préexistait ou récupèrent des matériaux ou des objets dans l'environnement. Avec «En ville ou en lotissement», on se tourne vers les maisons conçues pour s'intégrer à un ensemble, un quartier, un lotissement ou un complexe, en centre-ville, dans les banlieues ou dans une île paradisiaque. Chaque maison fait l'objet d'un traitement vivant, abondamment illustré de plans architecturaux et de photographies.
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September 2006, Paris
September 2006, Paris
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Residential Architecture
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Socrates sculpture park
Socrates sculpture park
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Socrates Sculpture Park is a public art spaces. The Park opened in 1986 and has been an outdoor studio to over 500 artists, a venue presenting more than 40 exhibitions of large-scale sculpture, and a vital park attracting a diverse audience to Long Island City’s East River waterfront. This book is published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Socrates Sculpture Park, and(...)
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Socrates Sculpture Park is a public art spaces. The Park opened in 1986 and has been an outdoor studio to over 500 artists, a venue presenting more than 40 exhibitions of large-scale sculpture, and a vital park attracting a diverse audience to Long Island City’s East River waterfront. This book is published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Socrates Sculpture Park, and(...)
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Urban Landscapes
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October 2006, New Haven, London
October 2006, New Haven, London
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Socrates sculpture park
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Socrates Sculpture Park is a public art spaces. The Park opened in 1986 and has been an outdoor studio to over 500 artists, a venue presenting more than 40 exhibitions of large-scale sculpture, and a vital park attracting a diverse audience to Long Island City’s East River waterfront. This book is published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Socrates Sculpture Park, and it is the first major publication on this unique outdoor museum. Sculptor Mark di Suvero founded the Park with the assistance of fellow artists, community members, and city officials who transformed an abandoned lot into an award-winning urban renewal project. The history, spirit, and nature of this collaborative enterprise is presented through photographs and essays that reveal the beauty, energy, and import of this successful public art space.
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Socrates Sculpture Park is a public art spaces. The Park opened in 1986 and has been an outdoor studio to over 500 artists, a venue presenting more than 40 exhibitions of large-scale sculpture, and a vital park attracting a diverse audience to Long Island City’s East River waterfront. This book is published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Socrates Sculpture Park, and it is the first major publication on this unique outdoor museum. Sculptor Mark di Suvero founded the Park with the assistance of fellow artists, community members, and city officials who transformed an abandoned lot into an award-winning urban renewal project. The history, spirit, and nature of this collaborative enterprise is presented through photographs and essays that reveal the beauty, energy, and import of this successful public art space.
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October 2006, New Haven, London
October 2006, New Haven, London
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Hester argues that it is only by combining the powerful forces of ecology and democracy that the needed revolution in design will take place. Democracy bestows freedom; ecology creates responsible freedom by explaining our interconnectedness with all creatures. Hester's new design principles are founded on three fundamental issues that integrate democracy and ecology:(...)
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Hester argues that it is only by combining the powerful forces of ecology and democracy that the needed revolution in design will take place. Democracy bestows freedom; ecology creates responsible freedom by explaining our interconnectedness with all creatures. Hester's new design principles are founded on three fundamental issues that integrate democracy and ecology:(...)
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Design for ecological democracy
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Hester argues that it is only by combining the powerful forces of ecology and democracy that the needed revolution in design will take place. Democracy bestows freedom; ecology creates responsible freedom by explaining our interconnectedness with all creatures. Hester's new design principles are founded on three fundamental issues that integrate democracy and ecology: enabling form, resilient form, and impelling form. Urban design must enable us to be communities rather than zoning-segregated enclaves and to function as informed democracies. A simple bench at a centrally located post office, for example, provides an opportunity for connection and shared experience. Cities must be ecologically resilient rather than ecologically imperiled, adaptable to the surrounding ecology rather than dependent on technological fixes. Resilient form turns increased urban density, for example, into an advantage. And cities should impel us by joy rather than compel us by fear; good cities enrich us rather than limit us. Design for Ecological Democracy is essential reading for designers, planners, environmentalists, community activists, and anyone else who wants to improve a local community.
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Hester argues that it is only by combining the powerful forces of ecology and democracy that the needed revolution in design will take place. Democracy bestows freedom; ecology creates responsible freedom by explaining our interconnectedness with all creatures. Hester's new design principles are founded on three fundamental issues that integrate democracy and ecology: enabling form, resilient form, and impelling form. Urban design must enable us to be communities rather than zoning-segregated enclaves and to function as informed democracies. A simple bench at a centrally located post office, for example, provides an opportunity for connection and shared experience. Cities must be ecologically resilient rather than ecologically imperiled, adaptable to the surrounding ecology rather than dependent on technological fixes. Resilient form turns increased urban density, for example, into an advantage. And cities should impel us by joy rather than compel us by fear; good cities enrich us rather than limit us. Design for Ecological Democracy is essential reading for designers, planners, environmentalists, community activists, and anyone else who wants to improve a local community.
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September 2006, Cambridge, Mass.
September 2006, Cambridge, Mass.
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Urban Landscapes
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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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''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.
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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
May 2025
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Urban Landscapes
Urban Landscapes
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Ten years after its initial publication, "Weather in the city" is more relevant than ever. Prolonged heat waves are a source of many stress-related problems, especially in densely populated areas. Certain wind phenomena in cities have also caused issues in the atmosphere. Based on these factors, Sanda Lenzholzer shows how basic climatic processes work in an urban(...)
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Ten years after its initial publication, "Weather in the city" is more relevant than ever. Prolonged heat waves are a source of many stress-related problems, especially in densely populated areas. Certain wind phenomena in cities have also caused issues in the atmosphere. Based on these factors, Sanda Lenzholzer shows how basic climatic processes work in an urban(...)
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Weather in the city: How design shapes the urban climate. revised edition
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Ten years after its initial publication, "Weather in the city" is more relevant than ever. Prolonged heat waves are a source of many stress-related problems, especially in densely populated areas. Certain wind phenomena in cities have also caused issues in the atmosphere. Based on these factors, Sanda Lenzholzer shows how basic climatic processes work in an urban environment, and how they can be influenced by spatial planning and urban design. This revised edition draws on current examples in demonstrating how the comfort of the urban environment can be enhanced using modern techniques and new methods. The book is both a reference work and a source of inspiration for all those engaged in creating a liveable city: be they clients, policymakers, professionals or students involved in urban design, landscape architecture and planning.
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Ten years after its initial publication, "Weather in the city" is more relevant than ever. Prolonged heat waves are a source of many stress-related problems, especially in densely populated areas. Certain wind phenomena in cities have also caused issues in the atmosphere. Based on these factors, Sanda Lenzholzer shows how basic climatic processes work in an urban environment, and how they can be influenced by spatial planning and urban design. This revised edition draws on current examples in demonstrating how the comfort of the urban environment can be enhanced using modern techniques and new methods. The book is both a reference work and a source of inspiration for all those engaged in creating a liveable city: be they clients, policymakers, professionals or students involved in urban design, landscape architecture and planning.
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September 2025
September 2025
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Urban Landscapes
Urban Landscapes
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Let's talk wild!
Let's talk wild!
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Urban design and wildness may seem at odds, yet as cities evolve, wildness is increasingly seen as a resource - shaping how we think about and create our living environments. From urban gardening to rewilding projects, wild practices are gaining ground. Are these trends signs of genuine transformation or just the commercialization of sustainability? How are other(...)
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Urban design and wildness may seem at odds, yet as cities evolve, wildness is increasingly seen as a resource - shaping how we think about and create our living environments. From urban gardening to rewilding projects, wild practices are gaining ground. Are these trends signs of genuine transformation or just the commercialization of sustainability? How are other(...)
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Urban design and wildness may seem at odds, yet as cities evolve, wildness is increasingly seen as a resource - shaping how we think about and create our living environments. From urban gardening to rewilding projects, wild practices are gaining ground. Are these trends signs of genuine transformation or just the commercialization of sustainability? How are other disciplines rethinking wildness? And how can architects and planners engage critically with these ideas? "Let’s Talk Wild!" brings together 12 interdisciplinary voices in a multi-layered dialogue on chaos, creativity, and the complex meanings of wildness.
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Urban design and wildness may seem at odds, yet as cities evolve, wildness is increasingly seen as a resource - shaping how we think about and create our living environments. From urban gardening to rewilding projects, wild practices are gaining ground. Are these trends signs of genuine transformation or just the commercialization of sustainability? How are other disciplines rethinking wildness? And how can architects and planners engage critically with these ideas? "Let’s Talk Wild!" brings together 12 interdisciplinary voices in a multi-layered dialogue on chaos, creativity, and the complex meanings of wildness.
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September 2025
September 2025
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Urban Landscapes
Urban Landscapes
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"Groundswell : constructing the contemporary landscape" presents 23 projects that reveal the surge of creativity and discussion surrounding the designed landscape in a broad, principally urban, international context. In the last 20 years, many significant new public spaces have been created for sites that have been reclaimed from conflict, environmental degradation, and(...)
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"Groundswell : constructing the contemporary landscape" presents 23 projects that reveal the surge of creativity and discussion surrounding the designed landscape in a broad, principally urban, international context. In the last 20 years, many significant new public spaces have been created for sites that have been reclaimed from conflict, environmental degradation, and(...)
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Groundswell : constructing the contemporary landscape
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"Groundswell : constructing the contemporary landscape" presents 23 projects that reveal the surge of creativity and discussion surrounding the designed landscape in a broad, principally urban, international context. In the last 20 years, many significant new public spaces have been created for sites that have been reclaimed from conflict, environmental degradation, and abandonment. The projects, found throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, were selected for their design, and for their variety of contexts, materials, scale, and types of spaces. This fully illustrated volume includes an essay by Peter Reed, Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, that demonstrates how these innovative projects expand the definition of the modernist landscape while responding to a variety of conditions such as program, social function, and the transformation and reclamation previously industrial areas. The essay is followed by a full-color plate section featuring the selected projects. Catalogue entries for each project provide a succinct description of the site, its transformation, and design concepts illustrated by photographs, drawings, and models.
Groundswell : constructing the contemporary landscape
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"Groundswell : constructing the contemporary landscape" presents 23 projects that reveal the surge of creativity and discussion surrounding the designed landscape in a broad, principally urban, international context. In the last 20 years, many significant new public spaces have been created for sites that have been reclaimed from conflict, environmental degradation, and abandonment. The projects, found throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, were selected for their design, and for their variety of contexts, materials, scale, and types of spaces. This fully illustrated volume includes an essay by Peter Reed, Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art, that demonstrates how these innovative projects expand the definition of the modernist landscape while responding to a variety of conditions such as program, social function, and the transformation and reclamation previously industrial areas. The essay is followed by a full-color plate section featuring the selected projects. Catalogue entries for each project provide a succinct description of the site, its transformation, and design concepts illustrated by photographs, drawings, and models.
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February 2005, New York
February 2005, New York
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Urban Landscapes
Urban Landscapes
