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For as long as humans have gathered in cities, those cities have had their shining—or shadowy—counterparts. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. It is as if the city itself, its inescapable gritty reality and elbow-to-elbow nature, demands we call into being some alternative, yearned-for better place. This book is about those cities. It’s(...)
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For as long as humans have gathered in cities, those cities have had their shining—or shadowy—counterparts. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. It is as if the city itself, its inescapable gritty reality and elbow-to-elbow nature, demands we call into being some alternative, yearned-for better place. This book is about those cities. It’s(...)
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Imaginary cities: a tour of dream cities, nightmare cities and everywhere in between
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For as long as humans have gathered in cities, those cities have had their shining—or shadowy—counterparts. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. It is as if the city itself, its inescapable gritty reality and elbow-to-elbow nature, demands we call into being some alternative, yearned-for better place. This book is about those cities. It’s neither a history of grand plans nor a literary exploration of the utopian impulse, but rather something different, hybrid, idiosyncratic. It’s a magpie’s book, full of characters and incidents and ideas drawn from cities real and imagined around the globe and throughout history. Thomas More’s allegorical island shares space with Soviet mega-planning; Marco Polo links up with James Joyce’s meticulously imagined Dublin; the medieval land of Cockaigne meets the hopeful future of Star Trek. With Darran Anderson as our guide, we find common themes and recurring dreams, tied to the seemingly ineluctable problems of our actual cities, of poverty and exclusion and waste and destruction. And that’s where Imaginary Cities becomes more than a mere—if ecstatically entertaining—intellectual exercise: for, as Anderson says, “If a city can be imagined into being, it can be re-imagined.” Every architect, philosopher, artist, writer, planner, or citizen who dreams up an imaginary city offers lessons for our real ones; harnessing those flights of hopeful fancy can help us improve the streets where we live.
Imaginary cities: a tour of dream cities, nightmare cities and everywhere in between
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For as long as humans have gathered in cities, those cities have had their shining—or shadowy—counterparts. Imaginary cities, potential cities, future cities, perfect cities. It is as if the city itself, its inescapable gritty reality and elbow-to-elbow nature, demands we call into being some alternative, yearned-for better place. This book is about those cities. It’s neither a history of grand plans nor a literary exploration of the utopian impulse, but rather something different, hybrid, idiosyncratic. It’s a magpie’s book, full of characters and incidents and ideas drawn from cities real and imagined around the globe and throughout history. Thomas More’s allegorical island shares space with Soviet mega-planning; Marco Polo links up with James Joyce’s meticulously imagined Dublin; the medieval land of Cockaigne meets the hopeful future of Star Trek. With Darran Anderson as our guide, we find common themes and recurring dreams, tied to the seemingly ineluctable problems of our actual cities, of poverty and exclusion and waste and destruction. And that’s where Imaginary Cities becomes more than a mere—if ecstatically entertaining—intellectual exercise: for, as Anderson says, “If a city can be imagined into being, it can be re-imagined.” Every architect, philosopher, artist, writer, planner, or citizen who dreams up an imaginary city offers lessons for our real ones; harnessing those flights of hopeful fancy can help us improve the streets where we live.
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Huit équipes ont été désignées lauréates du Palmarès des jeunes urbanistes par un jury réuni à l’initiative du ministère du Logement et de l’Habitat durable. L’objectif de ce Palmarès est de renouveler l’urbanisme contemporain et de mettre en lumière une profession multiforme, talentueuse et innovante, au service de la qualité urbaine du territoire. Les profils et les(...)
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Huit équipes ont été désignées lauréates du Palmarès des jeunes urbanistes par un jury réuni à l’initiative du ministère du Logement et de l’Habitat durable. L’objectif de ce Palmarès est de renouveler l’urbanisme contemporain et de mettre en lumière une profession multiforme, talentueuse et innovante, au service de la qualité urbaine du territoire. Les profils et les(...)
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Jouer avec l'incertitude : palmarès des jeunes urbanistes 2016-2017
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Huit équipes ont été désignées lauréates du Palmarès des jeunes urbanistes par un jury réuni à l’initiative du ministère du Logement et de l’Habitat durable. L’objectif de ce Palmarès est de renouveler l’urbanisme contemporain et de mettre en lumière une profession multiforme, talentueuse et innovante, au service de la qualité urbaine du territoire. Les profils et les parcours de ces jeunes professionnels (architectes, urbanistes, paysagistes, sociologue, philosophe, programmiste, designer, artiste, analyste et gestionnaire immobiliers, cartographe) témoignent d’un renouveau des métiers de l’urbanisme désormais perçu comme une matière malléable, exigeant souplesse et adaptation.
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Huit équipes ont été désignées lauréates du Palmarès des jeunes urbanistes par un jury réuni à l’initiative du ministère du Logement et de l’Habitat durable. L’objectif de ce Palmarès est de renouveler l’urbanisme contemporain et de mettre en lumière une profession multiforme, talentueuse et innovante, au service de la qualité urbaine du territoire. Les profils et les parcours de ces jeunes professionnels (architectes, urbanistes, paysagistes, sociologue, philosophe, programmiste, designer, artiste, analyste et gestionnaire immobiliers, cartographe) témoignent d’un renouveau des métiers de l’urbanisme désormais perçu comme une matière malléable, exigeant souplesse et adaptation.
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Empire, state & building
Empire, state & building
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This book considers the material basis of building as a key impetus of both urbanization and the energetics of urban life. The otherwise externalized material geographies and thermodynamics of building’s material basis reveal much about the dynamics and efficacy of how we build. This book plots the material history and geography for one plot of land in Manhattan—the(...)
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This book considers the material basis of building as a key impetus of both urbanization and the energetics of urban life. The otherwise externalized material geographies and thermodynamics of building’s material basis reveal much about the dynamics and efficacy of how we build. This book plots the material history and geography for one plot of land in Manhattan—the(...)
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Empire, state & building
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This book considers the material basis of building as a key impetus of both urbanization and the energetics of urban life. The otherwise externalized material geographies and thermodynamics of building’s material basis reveal much about the dynamics and efficacy of how we build. This book plots the material history and geography for one plot of land in Manhattan—the parcel of land under the Empire State Building—over the past two hundred years. Through rich illustrations, it tracks all the building material that have passed through this parcel or remain it in geographic and ecological dynamics: spatially (in terms of their geographic material footprints and industrial processes) and quantitatively (in terms of embodied energy, embodied carbon, and emergy flow). In successive chapters, the book articulates the empire and states that are inherent to building, but remain unconsidered—abstract and unknown—by architects.
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This book considers the material basis of building as a key impetus of both urbanization and the energetics of urban life. The otherwise externalized material geographies and thermodynamics of building’s material basis reveal much about the dynamics and efficacy of how we build. This book plots the material history and geography for one plot of land in Manhattan—the parcel of land under the Empire State Building—over the past two hundred years. Through rich illustrations, it tracks all the building material that have passed through this parcel or remain it in geographic and ecological dynamics: spatially (in terms of their geographic material footprints and industrial processes) and quantitatively (in terms of embodied energy, embodied carbon, and emergy flow). In successive chapters, the book articulates the empire and states that are inherent to building, but remain unconsidered—abstract and unknown—by architects.
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July 2017
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In the writing of urban design history of the twentieth century, functionalist and avant-garde models of the dissolution of the city are dominating. In contrast this book presents projects whose goal is the ideal of a dense and urbane city. Drawing on plans, built examples and theories of dense and urban cities and city districts in the twentieth century, modern examples(...)
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In the writing of urban design history of the twentieth century, functionalist and avant-garde models of the dissolution of the city are dominating. In contrast this book presents projects whose goal is the ideal of a dense and urbane city. Drawing on plans, built examples and theories of dense and urban cities and city districts in the twentieth century, modern examples(...)
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Urbanity and density in 20th century urban design
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In the writing of urban design history of the twentieth century, functionalist and avant-garde models of the dissolution of the city are dominating. In contrast this book presents projects whose goal is the ideal of a dense and urbane city. Drawing on plans, built examples and theories of dense and urban cities and city districts in the twentieth century, modern examples of urban design are analyzed and highlighted, which until now have been evaluated more as fringe phenomena. These include examples characterized by functional mixture, social openness, spatially defined public spaces, urban architecture, historical reference and a cultural understanding of the city. The book's new evaluation of modern urban design history creates opportunities for current planning by offering best-practice models, which better reflect the striving for urbanity and density.
Urbanity and density in 20th century urban design
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In the writing of urban design history of the twentieth century, functionalist and avant-garde models of the dissolution of the city are dominating. In contrast this book presents projects whose goal is the ideal of a dense and urbane city. Drawing on plans, built examples and theories of dense and urban cities and city districts in the twentieth century, modern examples of urban design are analyzed and highlighted, which until now have been evaluated more as fringe phenomena. These include examples characterized by functional mixture, social openness, spatially defined public spaces, urban architecture, historical reference and a cultural understanding of the city. The book's new evaluation of modern urban design history creates opportunities for current planning by offering best-practice models, which better reflect the striving for urbanity and density.
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August 2017
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"Good space : political, aesthetic and urban Spaces" means first of all opportunities. It is explored in this book accompanying the same-titled exhibition how the demands made on public spaces can be realized. The focus is on surprising utilizations of space and subversive artistic strategies. Questions are raised about the form and significance of public spaces –(...)
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"Good space : political, aesthetic and urban Spaces" means first of all opportunities. It is explored in this book accompanying the same-titled exhibition how the demands made on public spaces can be realized. The focus is on surprising utilizations of space and subversive artistic strategies. Questions are raised about the form and significance of public spaces –(...)
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Good space: political, aesthetic and urban spaces
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"Good space : political, aesthetic and urban Spaces" means first of all opportunities. It is explored in this book accompanying the same-titled exhibition how the demands made on public spaces can be realized. The focus is on surprising utilizations of space and subversive artistic strategies. Questions are raised about the form and significance of public spaces – regardless of whether these have actually been built or are simply utopian designs or are situated in the digital realm. With »EVERYTHING IS ARCHITECTURE: Bau Magazine from the 60s and 70s«, an exhibition by the ICA London in 2015 has been integrated into this exhibition, focusing on historical preconditions of visionary and utopian architectural and spatial concepts in the 1960s and 1970s. The book is a reader and the sum of the exhibition and the lectures during this summer 2016 at Villa Merkel.
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"Good space : political, aesthetic and urban Spaces" means first of all opportunities. It is explored in this book accompanying the same-titled exhibition how the demands made on public spaces can be realized. The focus is on surprising utilizations of space and subversive artistic strategies. Questions are raised about the form and significance of public spaces – regardless of whether these have actually been built or are simply utopian designs or are situated in the digital realm. With »EVERYTHING IS ARCHITECTURE: Bau Magazine from the 60s and 70s«, an exhibition by the ICA London in 2015 has been integrated into this exhibition, focusing on historical preconditions of visionary and utopian architectural and spatial concepts in the 1960s and 1970s. The book is a reader and the sum of the exhibition and the lectures during this summer 2016 at Villa Merkel.
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November 2016
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At war with the city
At war with the city
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This collection of essays, which is neither an instant book nor a catalogue of disasters, investigates the relationships between war and city. It aims at going beyond the case study logic and strives to improve our ability to look at and interpret future scenarios.
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This collection of essays, which is neither an instant book nor a catalogue of disasters, investigates the relationships between war and city. It aims at going beyond the case study logic and strives to improve our ability to look at and interpret future scenarios.
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At war with the city
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This collection of essays, which is neither an instant book nor a catalogue of disasters, investigates the relationships between war and city. It aims at going beyond the case study logic and strives to improve our ability to look at and interpret future scenarios.
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This collection of essays, which is neither an instant book nor a catalogue of disasters, investigates the relationships between war and city. It aims at going beyond the case study logic and strives to improve our ability to look at and interpret future scenarios.
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October 2004, Gateshead
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Du président de la République au maire de Paris en passant par le président de la région Île-de-France, voilà trois strates du pouvoir, celui de l'État, des collectivités territoriales et de la municipalité parisienne qui, armées d'un nouveau secrétaire d'État, se portent au chevet de la capitale française pour décider de son avenir, cinquante ans après la mission(...)
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Du président de la République au maire de Paris en passant par le président de la région Île-de-France, voilà trois strates du pouvoir, celui de l'État, des collectivités territoriales et de la municipalité parisienne qui, armées d'un nouveau secrétaire d'État, se portent au chevet de la capitale française pour décider de son avenir, cinquante ans après la mission(...)
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Paris métropole: formes et échelles du Grand-Paris
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Du président de la République au maire de Paris en passant par le président de la région Île-de-France, voilà trois strates du pouvoir, celui de l'État, des collectivités territoriales et de la municipalité parisienne qui, armées d'un nouveau secrétaire d'État, se portent au chevet de la capitale française pour décider de son avenir, cinquante ans après la mission Delouvrier. Mais plus que d'un nouvel Haussmann autoritaire, plus que d'effets d'annonce, de luttes politiciennes ou de mirifiques et prestigieux projets, le Grand-Paris a besoin de se forger une identité et un destin communs. Pour servir cette ambition, il convient d'expliquer et d'analyser les aspects de cette métropole, c'est précisément la tâche à laquelle ce livre s'assigne. Il traite de la forme de la ville en essayant de fournir des outils comme des repères pour décrire l'agglomération parisienne et imaginer son avenir au XXIe siècle au sein des grandes métropoles mondiales. Le débat sur Paris et son agglomération est essentiel : quelle ville et pour qui ? Par quelles modalités associer les citoyens aux décisions qui les concernent ? Comment faire participer les acteurs économiques aux stratégies d'aménagement qui fixent le cadre du développement ? Cette discussion se nourrit des espoirs, des inquiétudes et des prises de conscience, certaines récentes, sur l'environnement et la préservation des ressources, sur la densité et l'économie des sols, sur les modes de transport et le développement économique, sur le logement et l'emploi. Philippe Panerai est architecte et urbaniste. Son activité professionnelle, façonnée par la pratique de l'enseignement et de la recherche, se déploie selon trois grands champs : le grand territoire, la forme de la ville et l'intégration des grandes infrastructures, les mutations du tissu urbain, notamment celles des grands ensembles de logements sociaux.
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Du président de la République au maire de Paris en passant par le président de la région Île-de-France, voilà trois strates du pouvoir, celui de l'État, des collectivités territoriales et de la municipalité parisienne qui, armées d'un nouveau secrétaire d'État, se portent au chevet de la capitale française pour décider de son avenir, cinquante ans après la mission Delouvrier. Mais plus que d'un nouvel Haussmann autoritaire, plus que d'effets d'annonce, de luttes politiciennes ou de mirifiques et prestigieux projets, le Grand-Paris a besoin de se forger une identité et un destin communs. Pour servir cette ambition, il convient d'expliquer et d'analyser les aspects de cette métropole, c'est précisément la tâche à laquelle ce livre s'assigne. Il traite de la forme de la ville en essayant de fournir des outils comme des repères pour décrire l'agglomération parisienne et imaginer son avenir au XXIe siècle au sein des grandes métropoles mondiales. Le débat sur Paris et son agglomération est essentiel : quelle ville et pour qui ? Par quelles modalités associer les citoyens aux décisions qui les concernent ? Comment faire participer les acteurs économiques aux stratégies d'aménagement qui fixent le cadre du développement ? Cette discussion se nourrit des espoirs, des inquiétudes et des prises de conscience, certaines récentes, sur l'environnement et la préservation des ressources, sur la densité et l'économie des sols, sur les modes de transport et le développement économique, sur le logement et l'emploi. Philippe Panerai est architecte et urbaniste. Son activité professionnelle, façonnée par la pratique de l'enseignement et de la recherche, se déploie selon trois grands champs : le grand territoire, la forme de la ville et l'intégration des grandes infrastructures, les mutations du tissu urbain, notamment celles des grands ensembles de logements sociaux.
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September 2008, Paris
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Cities design & evolution
Cities design & evolution
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Why does modern planning sometimes create urban environments that are less attractive and functional than the 'organic urbanism' of traditional cities? "Cities Design and Evolution" takes up the challenge of this question, investigating 'how cities are put together', both in the sense of how the parts are organised in relation to the whole, and how they are created or(...)
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Why does modern planning sometimes create urban environments that are less attractive and functional than the 'organic urbanism' of traditional cities? "Cities Design and Evolution" takes up the challenge of this question, investigating 'how cities are put together', both in the sense of how the parts are organised in relation to the whole, and how they are created or(...)
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Why does modern planning sometimes create urban environments that are less attractive and functional than the 'organic urbanism' of traditional cities? "Cities Design and Evolution" takes up the challenge of this question, investigating 'how cities are put together', both in the sense of how the parts are organised in relation to the whole, and how they are created or evolve over time."Cities Design and Evolution" offers an engaging and original narrative that interprets planning philosophies from Modernism to New Urbanism, organic theories from Patrick Geddes to Le Corbusier, and evolutionary thinking from Charles Darwin to Richard Dawkins. The book develops a new evolutionary perspective that recognises both the 'designed' and 'organic' nature of cities, and provides a rationale and impetus for fresh approaches to urban planning and design. In what is the first book to significantly apply modern evolutionary thinking to urbanism, "Cities Design and Evolution" promises to stimulate thought, debate and action concerning the nature of cities and future urban planning. The book should appeal to all who are interested in cities, in design and in evolution.
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Why does modern planning sometimes create urban environments that are less attractive and functional than the 'organic urbanism' of traditional cities? "Cities Design and Evolution" takes up the challenge of this question, investigating 'how cities are put together', both in the sense of how the parts are organised in relation to the whole, and how they are created or evolve over time."Cities Design and Evolution" offers an engaging and original narrative that interprets planning philosophies from Modernism to New Urbanism, organic theories from Patrick Geddes to Le Corbusier, and evolutionary thinking from Charles Darwin to Richard Dawkins. The book develops a new evolutionary perspective that recognises both the 'designed' and 'organic' nature of cities, and provides a rationale and impetus for fresh approaches to urban planning and design. In what is the first book to significantly apply modern evolutionary thinking to urbanism, "Cities Design and Evolution" promises to stimulate thought, debate and action concerning the nature of cities and future urban planning. The book should appeal to all who are interested in cities, in design and in evolution.
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January 2009, London, New York
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This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'NL 28 Olympic Fire' held at the Netherlands Architecture Institute from 31 May to 21 September 2008.
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This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'NL 28 Olympic Fire' held at the Netherlands Architecture Institute from 31 May to 21 September 2008.
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NL 28 olympic fire: futur games
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This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'NL 28 Olympic Fire' held at the Netherlands Architecture Institute from 31 May to 21 September 2008.
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This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'NL 28 Olympic Fire' held at the Netherlands Architecture Institute from 31 May to 21 September 2008.
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November 2008, Rotterdam
November 2008, Rotterdam
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Ourtopias seeks to explore the varied and future states of cities. The essays in this book were developed from presentations at the Ourtopias conference hosted by Toronto s Design Exchange in June 2007. City designers, activists and legislators offered a widely varying focus that included poetic imagination, diverse public cultures and practical methods for working with(...)
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Ourtopias seeks to explore the varied and future states of cities. The essays in this book were developed from presentations at the Ourtopias conference hosted by Toronto s Design Exchange in June 2007. City designers, activists and legislators offered a widely varying focus that included poetic imagination, diverse public cultures and practical methods for working with(...)
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August 2008, Waterloo
August 2008, Waterloo
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Ourtopias: cities and the role of design
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Ourtopias seeks to explore the varied and future states of cities. The essays in this book were developed from presentations at the Ourtopias conference hosted by Toronto s Design Exchange in June 2007. City designers, activists and legislators offered a widely varying focus that included poetic imagination, diverse public cultures and practical methods for working with complex city forms.
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Ourtopias seeks to explore the varied and future states of cities. The essays in this book were developed from presentations at the Ourtopias conference hosted by Toronto s Design Exchange in June 2007. City designers, activists and legislators offered a widely varying focus that included poetic imagination, diverse public cultures and practical methods for working with complex city forms.
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August 2008, Waterloo
August 2008, Waterloo
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