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The City As A Tangled Bank: Urban Design versus Urban Evolution -Terry Farrell
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Like New softcover, clean, tight, no markings; appears to be unused”
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Features
- 1st Edition, Softcover
- Age Level
- Adults, Young Adults
- Subjects
- Art & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781118487341
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118487346
ISBN-13
9781118487341
eBay Product ID (ePID)
167403911
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Publication Name
City As a Tangled Bank : Urban Design Vs Urban Evolution
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Urban & Land Use Planning, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Architecture
Series
Architectural Design Primer Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
307.1216
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Emergence of Emergence Chapter 2: The Urbicultural Revolution Chapter 3: Connectedness and the Nurturing of Invention Chapter 4: The DNA of Habitat Chapter 5: Time, Layers and City Identity Chapter 6: Architecture Out Of Urbanism Chapter 7: The High Art of Adaptation Chapter 8: Urban Activism Chapter 9: The Era of the Digital City Conclusion Acknowledgements Picture Credits
Synopsis
How can we in an urban context reconcile design with evolution? Designers are generally educated to offer a certain, controlled view of the world, seeking definite solutions, whereas the city tends to represent collective human life and be unharnessed in its growth and contractions. Throughout history, human habitats have largely been the consequence of organic growth the layering of many hands rather than the result of a single grand design. But in today s worldwide climate of accelerated urbanisation, the need for architects and designers to engage with the city in flux is more compelling than ever. Cities with their urban populations are accreting and evolving in the developing world with a super-charged energy and diversity all of their own. The speed and complexity of current change is not just unsurpassed for our species, but unprecedented in life on earth. Meanwhile, long-established cities in the developed world continue to need to adapt in order to remain liveable for their own ever-growing populations. Here Sir Terry Farrell, who has built an international career as an architect-planner, encourages other planners and architects to follow the biologists look at, learn from and indeed admire the nature of the forces that drive the change, and then with humility and respect work with them to nudge, anticipate and prepare for where it takes us. Searching for patterns within the apparent turbulence and complexity, he analyses the notions of urban design and urban evolution and examines whether or not they need necessarily be seen as opposing one another. The first two chapters discuss emergence as an idea in a biological and architectural context, as well as the distinction between urban design and planning in both education and practice, and the impact of other fields such as landscape design. Seven further chapters examine a range of themes embracing the importance of chain reactions in the progress of urban engineering; the character of habitation; layering; taste and context; adaptation and conversion; the advocacy of the architect-planner; and the effects of digital technology on city evolution. Farrell brings his considerable experience in practice to bear, elucidating his thoughts with examples from cities across the world, including Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York and Paris., Here Sir Terry Farrell, who has built an international career asan architect-planner, encourages other planners and architects tofollow the biologists?look at, learn from, and, indeed,admire the nature of the forces that drive the change, and thenwith humility and respect work with them to nudge, anticipate andprepare for where it takes us. Searching for patterns within theapparent turbulence and complexity, he analyses the notions ofurban design and urban evolution and examines whether or not theyneed necessarily be seen as opposing one another. The first twochapters discuss emergence as an idea in a biological andarchitectural context, as well as the distinction between urbandesign and planning in both education and practice, and the impactof other fields such as landscape design. Seven further chaptersexamine a range of themes embracing the importance of chainreactions in the progress of urban engineering; the character ofhabitation; layering; taste and context; adaptation and conversion;the advocacy of the architect-planner; and the effects of digitaltechnology on city evolution. Farrell brings his considerableexperience in practice to bear, elucidating his thoughts withexamples from cities across the world, including Beijing, HongKong, London, New York, and Paris., Here Sir Terry Farrell, who has built an international career as an architect-planner, encourages other planners and architects to follow the biologists--look at, learn from, and, indeed, admire the nature of the forces that drive the change, and then with humility and respect work with them to nudge, anticipate and prepare for where it takes us. Searching for patterns within the apparent turbulence and complexity, he analyses the notions of urban design and urban evolution and examines whether or not they need necessarily be seen as opposing one another. The first two chapters discuss emergence as an idea in a biological and architectural context, as well as the distinction between urban design and planning in both education and practice, and the impact of other fields such as landscape design. Seven further chapters examine a range of themes embracing the importance of chain reactions in the progress of urban engineering; the character of habitation; layering; taste and context; adaptation and conversion; the advocacy of the architect-planner; and the effects of digital technology on city evolution. Farrell brings his considerable experience in practice to bear, elucidating his thoughts with examples from cities across the world, including Beijing, Hong Kong, London, New York, and Paris.
LC Classification Number
HT166
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