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Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines and the world we live in. Key topics include: new patterns of urbanism in the fast growing cities of asia pacific; metaphorical extensions of mind and body in(...)
Architecture, technology and process
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Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines and the world we live in. Key topics include: new patterns of urbanism in the fast growing cities of asia pacific; metaphorical extensions of mind and body in cyberspace; the divergent European and North American values shaping Sir Norman Foster's and Frank Gehry's work, and the collaborative work methods and technologies creating the adaptable design pratices of today.
Théorie de l’architecture
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Studies of the landscape have ranged from discussions of cultural geography at one end and botany at the other, with quite a mix in between. In this book Marc Treib focuses on the subject of the designed landscape, which he takes to include gardens, cemeteries, plazas, as well as a number of other landscape forms. His writings begin with an investigation of order and its(...)
Settings and stray paths : writing on landscapes and gardens
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Studies of the landscape have ranged from discussions of cultural geography at one end and botany at the other, with quite a mix in between. In this book Marc Treib focuses on the subject of the designed landscape, which he takes to include gardens, cemeteries, plazas, as well as a number of other landscape forms. His writings begin with an investigation of order and its perception: How have humans organized landscapes so that the experience of them could be directed, or even "read," decoded, and understood? His writings include analyses of both historical and contemporary works, with a geographic distribution that treats Asia as well as Europe and North America. Certain essays address the question of content in landscape design, others its meaning; others examine the lives and contributions of major figures in the field, for example, cultural landscape historian John Brinckerhoff Jackson and landscape architect Garrett Eckbo; subjects such as influence also receive the author's attention. As a whole, the essays cover a remarkable range, examining issues that few other writers have attempted to explain in detail. Treib brings a designer's eye to his work, paring observation and formal analysis with a more theorical formulation of the ideas from which or by which landscape architecture is produced. Photographs by the author complement his writings, adding a visual dimension to the provocative ideas outlined in the essays. While all of these essays have appeared in print over a period of some twenty-five years, many have been published in specialist journals or in a foreign language. Settings and Stray paths assembles a vital collection of Marc Treib's writings on landscape architecture, for the first time in a single source book.
Théorie du paysage
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How do cities plan for the unplanned? Do cities plan for recovery from every possible sudden shock? How does one prepare a plan for the recovery after a tragedy, like the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York? The book discovers the systematic features that contribute to the success of planning institutions. In cities filled with uncertainty and complexity,(...)
Planning for the unplanned : recovering from crises in megacities
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How do cities plan for the unplanned? Do cities plan for recovery from every possible sudden shock? How does one prepare a plan for the recovery after a tragedy, like the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York? The book discovers the systematic features that contribute to the success of planning institutions. In cities filled with uncertainty and complexity, planning institutions effectively tackle unexpected and sudden change by relying on the old and the familiar, rather than the new and the innovative. The author argues that planning programs institutions were successful because they were bureaucratic, and relied on standardized routines, rigorous sets of established regimes, familiar programs, and institutionalized hierarchies. Also contrary to popular perception, neither the leaders at the top of the institutions nor those workers at the grassroots level were the most important in the implementation of such routines. The key actors were middle managers, because they knew the institutional structures inside out, what the routines were and how to use them, and were successful go-betweens between national governments and grassroots community groups. Case studies from Mexico City, Los Angeles and New York provide a deeper understanding of urban planning processes. The case studies reveal that systematic institutional analysis helps us understand what works in planning, and why. They also demonstrate the manner in which institutional routines serve as powerful and effective tools for addressing novel situations.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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Are there significant variations in the ways planners in different nations have influenced urban, regional, and national development? Do such variations arise from differences in planning cultures, meaning the collective ethos and dominant attitude of planners in different nations towards the appropriate roles of the state, market forces, and civil society? How are such(...)
Comparative planning cultures
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Are there significant variations in the ways planners in different nations have influenced urban, regional, and national development? Do such variations arise from differences in planning cultures, meaning the collective ethos and dominant attitude of planners in different nations towards the appropriate roles of the state, market forces, and civil society? How are such professional cultures formed? Are they indigenous and immutable, or do they evolve with social, political, and economic changes both within and outside the national territories? Specifically, what has been the impact of the intensification of global interconnectedness in trade, capital flows, labor migration, and technological connectivity on national planning cultures? "Comparative planning cultures" addresses these questions, drawing on the planning experience in ten nations and at different territorial levels. The result is an understanding of planning culture that is complex and dynamic-in contrast to traditional notions of culture that evoke a sense of immutability and inheritance of unchanging social attributes of planners. The volume concludes that there is no cultural nucleus or core planning culture, no social gene that can be decoded to reveal the cultural DNA of planning practice of any nation.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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This publication brings together ideas about memory which bear upon the architectural and urban experience. It presents a critical and creative approach to the theorisation of memory, and focuses this burgeoning area of studies on the actual forms of the built environment in the modernist and post-industrial city.
Urban memory : history and amnesia in the modern city
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This publication brings together ideas about memory which bear upon the architectural and urban experience. It presents a critical and creative approach to the theorisation of memory, and focuses this burgeoning area of studies on the actual forms of the built environment in the modernist and post-industrial city.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
Politics of public space
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical,(...)
Politics of public space
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Public spaces, once democratic sites of dissent and cultural transformation, have become centres of private commerce and consumption. Increasingly, municipalities and local businesses collaborate to police urban public spaces, transforming them into highly regulated sites of cultural and economic activity. "The politics of public space" highlights the historical, cultural, and geographical specificity of privatized and repoliticized public space in order to raise the possibility of a different politics of public space and a reimagined public sphere.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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Expliquer le design, son histoire et ses recherches les plus contemporaines, en étudiant ses techniques de conception, de fabrication et de réalisation ainsi que les matériaux traditionnels et innovants utilisés: tel est l'objet de cet ouvrage. Sous la direction de Raymond Guidot, porte-parole reconnu du design, quatre textes, illustrés de nombreuses vues d'ateliers et(...)
Théorie du design
novembre 2005, Paris
Design : techniques et matériaux
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Expliquer le design, son histoire et ses recherches les plus contemporaines, en étudiant ses techniques de conception, de fabrication et de réalisation ainsi que les matériaux traditionnels et innovants utilisés: tel est l'objet de cet ouvrage. Sous la direction de Raymond Guidot, porte-parole reconnu du design, quatre textes, illustrés de nombreuses vues d'ateliers et d'usines, de documents préparatoires et didactiques, d'objets finis, abordent, à l'intention du grand public comme des spécialistes, de quelle manière concevoir et fabriquer le beau et l'utile, explicitent les enjeux technologiques de cette discipline.
Théorie du design
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Vito Acconci is well-known as a concept and performing artist who was far ahead of his time. In 2003, he realized one of his first architectural projects : for his artist-and-gallerist friend Kenny Schachter he designed the multifunctional gallery space conTEMPorary in New York. This experimental space became programmatic for their further collaboration, up to their(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
juin 2005, Wien / New York
Art becomes architecture becomes art : a conversation between
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Vito Acconci is well-known as a concept and performing artist who was far ahead of his time. In 2003, he realized one of his first architectural projects : for his artist-and-gallerist friend Kenny Schachter he designed the multifunctional gallery space conTEMPorary in New York. This experimental space became programmatic for their further collaboration, up to their latest project in King’s Cross, London. Over the past years, Vito Acconci has moved towards architecture. Today’s Acconci Studio covers planning for such diverse projects as the Skateboard Park in San Juan, the Inside-Out Bookstore for Documenta X, or an urban planning for Tel Aviv. Vito Acconci and Kenny Schachter met for two discussions in London and Basel in 2004 and 2005.
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Les sens du mouvement
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Mouvement , mobilité... qu'entendre exactement par ces mots apparemment ordinaires, mais carctéritistiques de la modernité ? Selon qu'on les approche comme sociologue, économiste, géographe, urbaniste, artiste ou élu, le mouvement et la mobilité recèlent des interrogations et des problématiques différentes. Les actes présentés ici entendent témoigner du large spectre(...)
Théorie de l’urbanisme
février 2005, Paris
Les sens du mouvement
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Mouvement , mobilité... qu'entendre exactement par ces mots apparemment ordinaires, mais carctéritistiques de la modernité ? Selon qu'on les approche comme sociologue, économiste, géographe, urbaniste, artiste ou élu, le mouvement et la mobilité recèlent des interrogations et des problématiques différentes. Les actes présentés ici entendent témoigner du large spectre des questionnements et enjeux de société concernés par la question du mouvement dans les sociétés contemporaines, accordant une place particulière aux mobilités urbaines, en les analysant dans leurs dimensions sociales, économiques, politiques, urbanistiques et environnementales.
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février 2005, Paris
Théorie de l’urbanisme
La société hypermoderne ou ces événements nous dépassent, feignons d'en être les organisateurs
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Contrairement à une analyse largement partagée qui verrait les liens sociaux se déchirer et les valeurs se dissoudre, François Ascher défend ici l'idée que l'individualisation, la rationalisation et la différence sociale, qui caractérisent la modernité, engendrent des liens sociaux beaucoup plus nombreux et choisis, et font émerger de nouveaux enjeux politiques. Il nous(...)
La société hypermoderne ou ces événements nous dépassent, feignons d'en être les organisateurs
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Contrairement à une analyse largement partagée qui verrait les liens sociaux se déchirer et les valeurs se dissoudre, François Ascher défend ici l'idée que l'individualisation, la rationalisation et la différence sociale, qui caractérisent la modernité, engendrent des liens sociaux beaucoup plus nombreux et choisis, et font émerger de nouveaux enjeux politiques. Il nous montre que le capitalisme cognitif, tel qu'il s'impose aujourd'hui, résulte de ces transformations : cette société est moderne parce que les individus comme les organisations qui la composent prétendent maîtriser leurs actions et leur vie. Mais est-ce réellement possible dans un monde toujours plus complexe et par conséquent, toujours plus incertain?
Théorie de l’urbanisme