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Titre:
Banlieues une anthologie

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Toutes les banlieues du monde ne se ressemblent pas et les banlieues nées de l'urbanisation française méritent une présentation spécifique à laquelle cette anthologie prétend. Comment définir la "banlieue" et les "banlieues"? Quelles en sont les caractéristiques? Quels processus socio-urbains s'y dessinent, quels avenirs s'y annoncent, quels imaginaires s'y enracinent? Une introduction accompagne les textes rassemblés ici ainsi qu'une copieuse bibliographie et une filmographie commentée.

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Pavillons de banlieue

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Ce travail monographique analyse, grâce aux exemples récents réalisés par des architectes de renom international, la difficulté d'intégrer dans les vides du puzzle suburbain de nouveaux volumes d'habitation qui abordent les contraintes avec des solutions techniques et formelles exemplaires. Magnifiquement illustré, ce volume analyse 22 projets de Pavillons de Banlieue soigneusement sélectionné pour leur créativité et leur génie dans le rapport qu'ils entretiennent avec la rue, le jardin et l'espace intime de l'intérieur. En prenant en compte la nécessité de décrire rigoureusement les projets par le biais de superbes photographies, de plans et de coupes, et de détails sur les matériaux, ce livre offre l'information indispensable sur toutes les étapes du processus de la création architecturale.

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Architecture and suburbia: from english villa to American dream house, 1690-2000

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The American suburban dream house-a single-family, detached dwelling, frequently clustered in tight rows and cul-de-sacs-has been attacked for some time as homogeneous and barren, yet the suburbs are home to half of the American population. Architectural historian John Archer suggests the endurance of the ideal house is deeply rooted in the notions of privacy, property, and selfhood that were introduced in late seventeenth-century England and became the foundation of the American nation and identity. Spanning four centuries, Architecture and Suburbia explores phenomena ranging from household furnishings and routines to the proliferation of the dream house in parallel with Cold War politics. Beginning with John Locke, whose Enlightenment philosophy imagined individuals capable of self-fulfillment, Archer examines the eighteenth-century British bourgeois villa and the earliest London suburbs. He recounts how early American homeowners used houses to establish social status and how twentieth-century Americans continued to flock to single-family houses in the suburbs, encouraged by patriotism, fueled by consumerism, and resisting disdain by disaffected youths, designers, and intellectuals. Finally, he recognizes “hybridized” or increasingly diverse American suburbs as the dynamic basis for a strengthened social fabric. From Enlightenment philosophy to rap lyrics, from the rise of a mercantile economy to discussions over neighborhoods, sprawl, and gated communities, Archer addresses the past, present, and future of the American dream house. John Archer is professor of cultural studies and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. His book The Literature of British Domestic Architecture, 1715-1842, is the standard reference on the subject, and he also contributed to the Encyclopedia of Urban America and the Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Architecture.

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Manifest destiny: a guide to the essential indifference of American suburban housing

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On 18 October 2002, Jason Griffiths and Alex Gino set out to explore the American suburbs. Over 178 days they drove 22,383 miles, made 134 suburban house calls and took 2,593 photographs. In Manifest Destiny, Griffiths reveals the results of this exploration. Structured through 58 short chapters, the anthology offers an architectural pattern book of suburban conditions all focused not on the unique or specific but the placeless. These chapters are complemented by an introduction by Griffiths and an afterword by Swiss architectural historian Martino Stierli.

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Pastoral capitalism: A history of suburban corporate landscapes

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By the end of the twentieth century, America’s suburbs contained more office space than its central cities. Many of these corporate workplaces were surrounded, somewhat incongruously, by verdant vistas of broad lawns and leafy trees. In Pastoral Capitalism, Louise Mozingo describes the evolution of these central (but often ignored) features of postwar urbanism in the context of the modern capitalist enterprise. This book offers an indispensible chapter in urban history, examining not only the design of corporate landscapes but also the economic, social, and cultural models that determined their form.

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Retrofitting suburbia: urban design solutions for redesigning suburbs

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With a new update introduction, this is a comprehensive guidebook for architects, planners, urban designers, and developers that illustrates how existing suburbs can be redesigned and redeveloped. The authors, both architects and noted experts on the subject, shows how development in existing suburbs can absorb new growth and evolve in relation to changed demographic, technological, and economic conditions. The book documents innovative case studies of prototypical American suburban developments (malls, commercial strips, office parks, cul-de-sac subdivisions) that have been retrofitted to new uses and forms.

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Pleasure drives and promenades : a history of Frederick Law Olmsted's Brooklyn Parkways

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Brooklyn’s Parkway Plan of pleasure drives and promenades was the collaborative undertaking of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Prospect and Central parks with partner Calvert Vaux, and forward-looking park commissioner, James S. T. Stranahan. Featuring contemporary architectural drawings and period illustrations, Pleasure Drives and Promenades charts the inception and early implementation of their plan as well as its lasting influence on the urban landscape.

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Time and the suburbs : the politics of built environments and the future of dissent

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By combining provocative prose with photo-essay, Time and the Suburbs explores the disappearance of cities in North America under the weight of suburban, exurban, and other forms of development that are changing the way we live. Pointing to the complex experience of time in traditional cities, the book warns that our new suburban regions are the materialization of a homogenous and uniform experience of time that threatens the possibility of social change.

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Suburban nation: The rise of sprawl and the decline of the American dream

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For a decade, Suburban Nation has given voice to a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and replace the last century’s automobile-based settlement patterns with a return to more traditional planning. This book presents a lively lament about the failures of postwar planning.

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La crise des banlieues

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Depuis un quart de siècle, le discours sur la ville se focalise majoritairement sur les grands ensembles de logements sociaux situés à la périphérie des villes. Ce type d'habitat, longtemps convoité par les classes moyennes, incarne aujourd'hui tout à la fois la misère et la relégation, la violence et la ségrégation, l'insécurité et le ghetto, l'échec urbanistique et la segmentation sociale des territoires urbains. Cet ouvrage montre qu'il n'existe pois une banlieue unique, mais plutôt des territoires périurbains qui agglomèrent une grande diversité de lieux, d'activités et de populations. Il analyse les processus de fragmentation sociale et spatiale, ainsi que la spirale de l'exclusion caractéristique des banlieues sensibles.