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Layered urbanisms
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Layered Urbanisms features the work of the first three Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors, a chairman-ship endowed in 2004 to bring young innovators in architectural design to the Yale School of Architecture. This book includes the projects of the advanced studios of Gregg Pasquarelli in 'Versionning-6.0,' Galia Solomonoff in 'Brooklyn Civic Space', and Mario(...)
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Layered Urbanisms features the work of the first three Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors, a chairman-ship endowed in 2004 to bring young innovators in architectural design to the Yale School of Architecture. This book includes the projects of the advanced studios of Gregg Pasquarelli in 'Versionning-6.0,' Galia Solomonoff in 'Brooklyn Civic Space', and Mario(...)
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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avril 2008, New Haven
avril 2008, New Haven
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Layered urbanisms
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Layered Urbanisms features the work of the first three Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors, a chairman-ship endowed in 2004 to bring young innovators in architectural design to the Yale School of Architecture. This book includes the projects of the advanced studios of Gregg Pasquarelli in 'Versionning-6.0,' Galia Solomonoff in 'Brooklyn Civic Space', and Mario Gooden in 'Global Topologies.' Interviews with the architects and studio strategies provide insight into the pedagological approach of the three practitioner-educator.
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Layered Urbanisms features the work of the first three Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors, a chairman-ship endowed in 2004 to bring young innovators in architectural design to the Yale School of Architecture. This book includes the projects of the advanced studios of Gregg Pasquarelli in 'Versionning-6.0,' Galia Solomonoff in 'Brooklyn Civic Space', and Mario Gooden in 'Global Topologies.' Interviews with the architects and studio strategies provide insight into the pedagological approach of the three practitioner-educator.
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avril 2008, New Haven
avril 2008, New Haven
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The Austrian sociologist Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was one of the seminal figures of the 20th-century Modern Movement. Member of the Vienna Circle, Founder of the Museum of Society and Economy, inventor of the famous ISOTYPE pictorial system, and champion of the Unity of Science movement, Neurath's lifelong identification with collectivity and the concept of the global(...)
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The Austrian sociologist Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was one of the seminal figures of the 20th-century Modern Movement. Member of the Vienna Circle, Founder of the Museum of Society and Economy, inventor of the famous ISOTYPE pictorial system, and champion of the Unity of Science movement, Neurath's lifelong identification with collectivity and the concept of the global(...)
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Otto Neurath: the language of the global polis
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The Austrian sociologist Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was one of the seminal figures of the 20th-century Modern Movement. Member of the Vienna Circle, Founder of the Museum of Society and Economy, inventor of the famous ISOTYPE pictorial system, and champion of the Unity of Science movement, Neurath's lifelong identification with collectivity and the concept of the global polis put him in contact with the leading intellectuals, architects and artists of his time, from Adolf Loos to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, from Sigfried Giedion to Le Corbusier, from graphic designer Gerd Arntz to architect and urban designer Cornelis van Eesteren. This book traces Neurath's global understanding of the modern metropolis as a global polis, representing an idea about collectivity premised on cultural and linguistic universality. Although much attention has been given to Neurath's achievements in the field of graphic design and philosophy, he has never been treated in the context of urbanism and architecture.
Otto Neurath: the language of the global polis
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The Austrian sociologist Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was one of the seminal figures of the 20th-century Modern Movement. Member of the Vienna Circle, Founder of the Museum of Society and Economy, inventor of the famous ISOTYPE pictorial system, and champion of the Unity of Science movement, Neurath's lifelong identification with collectivity and the concept of the global polis put him in contact with the leading intellectuals, architects and artists of his time, from Adolf Loos to Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, from Sigfried Giedion to Le Corbusier, from graphic designer Gerd Arntz to architect and urban designer Cornelis van Eesteren. This book traces Neurath's global understanding of the modern metropolis as a global polis, representing an idea about collectivity premised on cultural and linguistic universality. Although much attention has been given to Neurath's achievements in the field of graphic design and philosophy, he has never been treated in the context of urbanism and architecture.
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juillet 2008, Rotterdam
juillet 2008, Rotterdam
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By means of a two-yearly competition for young professionals, in two decades Europan, a collaboration of - on average - twenty European countries, has developed into an extensive and significant European network. This 9th volume contains interviews with the designers of the winning plans in which they explain their vision. It also includes a number of essays covering(...)
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By means of a two-yearly competition for young professionals, in two decades Europan, a collaboration of - on average - twenty European countries, has developed into an extensive and significant European network. This 9th volume contains interviews with the designers of the winning plans in which they explain their vision. It also includes a number of essays covering(...)
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Results Europan 9: european urbanity - sustainable city and new public space
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By means of a two-yearly competition for young professionals, in two decades Europan, a collaboration of - on average - twenty European countries, has developed into an extensive and significant European network. This 9th volume contains interviews with the designers of the winning plans in which they explain their vision. It also includes a number of essays covering such subjects as Europan in a European perspective and the theme of the competition. All the entries for the Dutch sites are included on the enclosed CD-ROM which provides insight into the competition process in word and image.
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By means of a two-yearly competition for young professionals, in two decades Europan, a collaboration of - on average - twenty European countries, has developed into an extensive and significant European network. This 9th volume contains interviews with the designers of the winning plans in which they explain their vision. It also includes a number of essays covering such subjects as Europan in a European perspective and the theme of the competition. All the entries for the Dutch sites are included on the enclosed CD-ROM which provides insight into the competition process in word and image.
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août 2008, Rotterdam
août 2008, Rotterdam
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Shaped by immigration, globalization, and demographics, our hub cities demonstrate what's best about Canada: our commitment to education, tolerance, culture, and innovation. Since the early 1990s, however, troubling trends have threatened to undermine our much-envied quality of life. Large urban centres are experiencing a widening gap between rich and poor, mounting(...)
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Shaped by immigration, globalization, and demographics, our hub cities demonstrate what's best about Canada: our commitment to education, tolerance, culture, and innovation. Since the early 1990s, however, troubling trends have threatened to undermine our much-envied quality of life. Large urban centres are experiencing a widening gap between rich and poor, mounting(...)
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The New City: how the crisis in Canada's urban centres is reshaping the nation
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Shaped by immigration, globalization, and demographics, our hub cities demonstrate what's best about Canada: our commitment to education, tolerance, culture, and innovation. Since the early 1990s, however, troubling trends have threatened to undermine our much-envied quality of life. Large urban centres are experiencing a widening gap between rich and poor, mounting levels of violence, and sprawl-induced health and environmental damage. Well-trained immigrants struggle to find suitable jobs and decent housing, while big-city schools suffer from underfunding. Local governments lack the resources and political clout to act decisively. In The New City, award-winning urban affairs writer John Lorinc offers a compelling vision of how to make Canada's metropolitan centres sustainable, livable, and competitive in a world dominated by powerful mega-cities. Incisive and broad-ranging, this is a timely reminder that all Canadians must confront urban issues if the country is to succeed in the tumultuous economy of the 21st century.
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Shaped by immigration, globalization, and demographics, our hub cities demonstrate what's best about Canada: our commitment to education, tolerance, culture, and innovation. Since the early 1990s, however, troubling trends have threatened to undermine our much-envied quality of life. Large urban centres are experiencing a widening gap between rich and poor, mounting levels of violence, and sprawl-induced health and environmental damage. Well-trained immigrants struggle to find suitable jobs and decent housing, while big-city schools suffer from underfunding. Local governments lack the resources and political clout to act decisively. In The New City, award-winning urban affairs writer John Lorinc offers a compelling vision of how to make Canada's metropolitan centres sustainable, livable, and competitive in a world dominated by powerful mega-cities. Incisive and broad-ranging, this is a timely reminder that all Canadians must confront urban issues if the country is to succeed in the tumultuous economy of the 21st century.
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mars 2006, Toronto
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Border conditions
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This book presents the first results of research initiated for the architecture Masters programme at Delft University of Technology. It focusses on the spatial impact of socio-political developments, with an emphasis on mapping the contemporary urban milieu. Current debate surrounding borders in architecture is explored throughout the book, from conflict zones to marginal(...)
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This book presents the first results of research initiated for the architecture Masters programme at Delft University of Technology. It focusses on the spatial impact of socio-political developments, with an emphasis on mapping the contemporary urban milieu. Current debate surrounding borders in architecture is explored throughout the book, from conflict zones to marginal(...)
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This book presents the first results of research initiated for the architecture Masters programme at Delft University of Technology. It focusses on the spatial impact of socio-political developments, with an emphasis on mapping the contemporary urban milieu. Current debate surrounding borders in architecture is explored throughout the book, from conflict zones to marginal urban areas; from Gibraltar, Kaliningrad and Kiev to Benidorm, Marseille and Rotterdam. A selection of projects shows how mapping can be used to register and interpret urban processes, and how these design principles act as catalysts for architectural interventions.
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This book presents the first results of research initiated for the architecture Masters programme at Delft University of Technology. It focusses on the spatial impact of socio-political developments, with an emphasis on mapping the contemporary urban milieu. Current debate surrounding borders in architecture is explored throughout the book, from conflict zones to marginal urban areas; from Gibraltar, Kaliningrad and Kiev to Benidorm, Marseille and Rotterdam. A selection of projects shows how mapping can be used to register and interpret urban processes, and how these design principles act as catalysts for architectural interventions.
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Fifty years after the British annexed the Punjab and made Lahore its provincial capital, the city—once a prosperous Mughal center that had long since fallen into ruin—was transformed. British and Indian officials had designed a modern, architecturally distinct city center adjacent to the old walled city, administered under new methods of urban governance. In Making(...)
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Fifty years after the British annexed the Punjab and made Lahore its provincial capital, the city—once a prosperous Mughal center that had long since fallen into ruin—was transformed. British and Indian officials had designed a modern, architecturally distinct city center adjacent to the old walled city, administered under new methods of urban governance. In Making(...)
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
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janvier 1900, Miineapolis, London
janvier 1900, Miineapolis, London
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Making Lahore Modern: constructing and imagining a colonial city
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Fifty years after the British annexed the Punjab and made Lahore its provincial capital, the city—once a prosperous Mughal center that had long since fallen into ruin—was transformed. British and Indian officials had designed a modern, architecturally distinct city center adjacent to the old walled city, administered under new methods of urban governance. In Making Lahore Modern, William J. Glover investigates the traditions that shaped colonial Lahore. In particular, he focuses on the conviction that both British and Indian actors who implemented urbanization came to share: that the material fabric of the city could lead to social and moral improvement. This belief in the power of the physical environment to shape individual and collective sentiments, he argues, links the colonial history of Lahore to nineteenth-century urbanization around the world. Glover highlights three aspects of Lahore’s history that show this process unfolding. First, he examines the concepts through which the British understood the Indian city and envisioned its transformation. Second, through a detailed study of new buildings and the adaptation of existing structures, he explores the role of planning, design, and reuse. Finally, he analyzes the changes in urban imagination as evidenced in Indian writings on the city in this period. Throughout, Glover emphasizes that colonial urbanism was not simply imposed; it was a collaborative project between Indian citizens and the British. Offering an in-depth study of a single provincial city, Glover reveals that urban change in colonial India was not a monolithic process and establishes Lahore as a key site for understanding the genealogy of modern global urbanism. William J. Glover is associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan.
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Fifty years after the British annexed the Punjab and made Lahore its provincial capital, the city—once a prosperous Mughal center that had long since fallen into ruin—was transformed. British and Indian officials had designed a modern, architecturally distinct city center adjacent to the old walled city, administered under new methods of urban governance. In Making Lahore Modern, William J. Glover investigates the traditions that shaped colonial Lahore. In particular, he focuses on the conviction that both British and Indian actors who implemented urbanization came to share: that the material fabric of the city could lead to social and moral improvement. This belief in the power of the physical environment to shape individual and collective sentiments, he argues, links the colonial history of Lahore to nineteenth-century urbanization around the world. Glover highlights three aspects of Lahore’s history that show this process unfolding. First, he examines the concepts through which the British understood the Indian city and envisioned its transformation. Second, through a detailed study of new buildings and the adaptation of existing structures, he explores the role of planning, design, and reuse. Finally, he analyzes the changes in urban imagination as evidenced in Indian writings on the city in this period. Throughout, Glover emphasizes that colonial urbanism was not simply imposed; it was a collaborative project between Indian citizens and the British. Offering an in-depth study of a single provincial city, Glover reveals that urban change in colonial India was not a monolithic process and establishes Lahore as a key site for understanding the genealogy of modern global urbanism. William J. Glover is associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan.
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janvier 1900, Miineapolis, London
janvier 1900, Miineapolis, London
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Dès l'origine, la Ville lutte contre la Mort : pour combler le déficit des épidémies et des nuisances qui la déciment, elle est contrainte de puiser dans le réservoir de la campagne environnante. Cette ponction a commencé en Basse Mésopotamie trois mille ans avant J.-C. et s'est poursuivie pendant cinquante siècles. Pourtant le modèle urbain est en train de mourir sous(...)
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Dès l'origine, la Ville lutte contre la Mort : pour combler le déficit des épidémies et des nuisances qui la déciment, elle est contrainte de puiser dans le réservoir de la campagne environnante. Cette ponction a commencé en Basse Mésopotamie trois mille ans avant J.-C. et s'est poursuivie pendant cinquante siècles. Pourtant le modèle urbain est en train de mourir sous(...)
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Écologie urbaine: entre la ville et la mort
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Dès l'origine, la Ville lutte contre la Mort : pour combler le déficit des épidémies et des nuisances qui la déciment, elle est contrainte de puiser dans le réservoir de la campagne environnante. Cette ponction a commencé en Basse Mésopotamie trois mille ans avant J.-C. et s'est poursuivie pendant cinquante siècles. Pourtant le modèle urbain est en train de mourir sous nos yeux : fin des paysans, villes en crue, fécondité en décrue. Ce livre décrit les défis biologiques qui ont menacé la ville et raconte les révolutions successives qui ont permis d'y faire face. Aventure qui débouche aujourd'hui sur une question inéluctable : comment surmonter les déséquilibres colossaux que l'ère industrielle a accumulés? L'évolution de la ville, partout dans le monde, engendre de nouveaux défis et appelle une nouvelle révolution, dans les consciences comme dans les pratiques.
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Dès l'origine, la Ville lutte contre la Mort : pour combler le déficit des épidémies et des nuisances qui la déciment, elle est contrainte de puiser dans le réservoir de la campagne environnante. Cette ponction a commencé en Basse Mésopotamie trois mille ans avant J.-C. et s'est poursuivie pendant cinquante siècles. Pourtant le modèle urbain est en train de mourir sous nos yeux : fin des paysans, villes en crue, fécondité en décrue. Ce livre décrit les défis biologiques qui ont menacé la ville et raconte les révolutions successives qui ont permis d'y faire face. Aventure qui débouche aujourd'hui sur une question inéluctable : comment surmonter les déséquilibres colossaux que l'ère industrielle a accumulés? L'évolution de la ville, partout dans le monde, engendre de nouveaux défis et appelle une nouvelle révolution, dans les consciences comme dans les pratiques.
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avril 2008
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London the biography
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Novelist and biographer Ackroyd (The Plato Papers; T.S. Eliot; etc.) offers a huge, enthralling "biography" of the city of London. The reader segues through this litany of lists and anthology of anecdotes via the sketchiest of topical linkages, but no matter not a page is dull, until brief closing chapters in which Ackroyd succumbs to bathos, for which he's(...)
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Novelist and biographer Ackroyd (The Plato Papers; T.S. Eliot; etc.) offers a huge, enthralling "biography" of the city of London. The reader segues through this litany of lists and anthology of anecdotes via the sketchiest of topical linkages, but no matter not a page is dull, until brief closing chapters in which Ackroyd succumbs to bathos, for which he's(...)
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Novelist and biographer Ackroyd (The Plato Papers; T.S. Eliot; etc.) offers a huge, enthralling "biography" of the city of London. The reader segues through this litany of lists and anthology of anecdotes via the sketchiest of topical linkages, but no matter not a page is dull, until brief closing chapters in which Ackroyd succumbs to bathos, for which he's instantaneously redeemed by the preceding chapters. He admits to using no original research, openly crediting his printed sources. Ackroyd examines London from its pre-history through today, artfully selecting, organizing and pacing stories, and rendering the past in witty and imaginative ways. "The opium quarter of Limehouse," he tells readers, for example, "is now represented by a Chinese take-away." Fast food, it seems, was always part of the London scene. When poet Thomas Southey asked a pastry cook why she kept her shop open in the worst weather, she told him that otherwise she would lose business, "so many were the persons who took up buns or biscuits as they passed by and threw their pence in, not allowing themselves time to enter." Ackroyd covers unrest and peace, fires and ruins, river and rail transport, crime and punishment, wealth and poverty, markets and churches, uncontrolled growth and barely controlled filth. If there is a hero among the throngs, it may be engineer Joseph Bazalgette, who in 1855 began building 1,265 miles of sewers to contain the Stygian odor of progress and keep the huge, ugly metropolis livable. No one should mind the extraordinary price of this extraordinary achievement. B illus., maps not seen by PW. (On sale Oct. 16)Forecast: Published to acclaim in England, this is virtually guaranteed major review coverage here, and the publisher will also shoot for national media. Anglophiles and others will rejoice.
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Novelist and biographer Ackroyd (The Plato Papers; T.S. Eliot; etc.) offers a huge, enthralling "biography" of the city of London. The reader segues through this litany of lists and anthology of anecdotes via the sketchiest of topical linkages, but no matter not a page is dull, until brief closing chapters in which Ackroyd succumbs to bathos, for which he's instantaneously redeemed by the preceding chapters. He admits to using no original research, openly crediting his printed sources. Ackroyd examines London from its pre-history through today, artfully selecting, organizing and pacing stories, and rendering the past in witty and imaginative ways. "The opium quarter of Limehouse," he tells readers, for example, "is now represented by a Chinese take-away." Fast food, it seems, was always part of the London scene. When poet Thomas Southey asked a pastry cook why she kept her shop open in the worst weather, she told him that otherwise she would lose business, "so many were the persons who took up buns or biscuits as they passed by and threw their pence in, not allowing themselves time to enter." Ackroyd covers unrest and peace, fires and ruins, river and rail transport, crime and punishment, wealth and poverty, markets and churches, uncontrolled growth and barely controlled filth. If there is a hero among the throngs, it may be engineer Joseph Bazalgette, who in 1855 began building 1,265 miles of sewers to contain the Stygian odor of progress and keep the huge, ugly metropolis livable. No one should mind the extraordinary price of this extraordinary achievement. B illus., maps not seen by PW. (On sale Oct. 16)Forecast: Published to acclaim in England, this is virtually guaranteed major review coverage here, and the publisher will also shoot for national media. Anglophiles and others will rejoice.
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septembre 2001, London
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In Concrete Reveries, acclaimed philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell offers a thoughtful answer to Socrates' injunction about the life worth living, using the urban experience to illustrate the dynamic between concreteness and abstraction that operates within us. Witty and authoritative, the book is an exhilarating journey through unexpected terrain. Mark(...)
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In Concrete Reveries, acclaimed philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell offers a thoughtful answer to Socrates' injunction about the life worth living, using the urban experience to illustrate the dynamic between concreteness and abstraction that operates within us. Witty and authoritative, the book is an exhilarating journey through unexpected terrain. Mark(...)
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Théorie de l’urbanisme
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mars 2008, Toronto, New York, London
mars 2008, Toronto, New York, London
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Concrete Reveries : consciousness and the city
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In Concrete Reveries, acclaimed philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell offers a thoughtful answer to Socrates' injunction about the life worth living, using the urban experience to illustrate the dynamic between concreteness and abstraction that operates within us. Witty and authoritative, the book is an exhilarating journey through unexpected terrain. Mark Kingwell is professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine, and the author of 10 books. He lectures frequently about design and architecture to academic and popular audiences throughout the world.
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In Concrete Reveries, acclaimed philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell offers a thoughtful answer to Socrates' injunction about the life worth living, using the urban experience to illustrate the dynamic between concreteness and abstraction that operates within us. Witty and authoritative, the book is an exhilarating journey through unexpected terrain. Mark Kingwell is professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine, and the author of 10 books. He lectures frequently about design and architecture to academic and popular audiences throughout the world.
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mars 2008, Toronto, New York, London
mars 2008, Toronto, New York, London
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What do phenomena like sprawl, generic city or urban segregation have in common with the concept of the city? This is not an easy question. It is nevertheless the inquiry this book is based on, mainly because of the bewilderment we feel when faced with these phenomena that are spread throughout the urban world and constitute a tall order for our concepts of the city.(...)
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What do phenomena like sprawl, generic city or urban segregation have in common with the concept of the city? This is not an easy question. It is nevertheless the inquiry this book is based on, mainly because of the bewilderment we feel when faced with these phenomena that are spread throughout the urban world and constitute a tall order for our concepts of the city.(...)
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Fundamental Trends in City Development
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What do phenomena like sprawl, generic city or urban segregation have in common with the concept of the city? This is not an easy question. It is nevertheless the inquiry this book is based on, mainly because of the bewilderment we feel when faced with these phenomena that are spread throughout the urban world and constitute a tall order for our concepts of the city. Expressions like discomposed city, generic city and segregated city refer to entities that share the loss of the city as a space of communication and social interaction and as the space of the public sphere. In order to explore what we call the city adrift, certain positions of scholars of the city are analysed, using the utopia as an analytical category and referring to three kinds the conservative utopia, liquidatory utopia and resistant utopia which can perhaps significantly distinguish the different positions on current spatial trends of the city and, more generally, the phenomena emerging in the urban world. This book investigates how the city can be re-established as the space of dialogue and communication, how the spatial conditions of the public sphere can be created and the city retrieved, and what the features might be of a city retrieved and restored to its citizens. The author adopts the concept of externity as an innovative element for the project for the city, a constituent feature of all those situations traditionally considered non-functional, therefore external, to our contemporary post-cities, which are consigned to us adrift through decomposition, genericity and segregation.
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What do phenomena like sprawl, generic city or urban segregation have in common with the concept of the city? This is not an easy question. It is nevertheless the inquiry this book is based on, mainly because of the bewilderment we feel when faced with these phenomena that are spread throughout the urban world and constitute a tall order for our concepts of the city. Expressions like discomposed city, generic city and segregated city refer to entities that share the loss of the city as a space of communication and social interaction and as the space of the public sphere. In order to explore what we call the city adrift, certain positions of scholars of the city are analysed, using the utopia as an analytical category and referring to three kinds the conservative utopia, liquidatory utopia and resistant utopia which can perhaps significantly distinguish the different positions on current spatial trends of the city and, more generally, the phenomena emerging in the urban world. This book investigates how the city can be re-established as the space of dialogue and communication, how the spatial conditions of the public sphere can be created and the city retrieved, and what the features might be of a city retrieved and restored to its citizens. The author adopts the concept of externity as an innovative element for the project for the city, a constituent feature of all those situations traditionally considered non-functional, therefore external, to our contemporary post-cities, which are consigned to us adrift through decomposition, genericity and segregation.
Classification:
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livres
Publication:
décembre 2007
décembre 2007
Sujet:
Théorie de l’urbanisme
Théorie de l’urbanisme
