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The city as architecture /

Architecture creates complex spatial situations that are the subject of urban design. Design uses a repertoire of specific architectural means in a creative way, resulting in cities that can be lived in and perceived in their three-dimensional experience. The current book, an extended new edition of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Wolfrum, Sophie (Autor), Janson, Alban, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Urban Design is Architecture
  • 2. What Constitutes the 'Architectural'?
  • Competence of Architecture
  • 3. A Unique Kind of Reality
  • On Situations
  • 4. See and Be Seen
  • On Scenes
  • 5. Architecture as Event
  • On Performativity
  • 6. Distinctness and Scope
  • On Capacity
  • 7. The Beauty of the Big City
  • On Atmosphere
  • 8. Spaces with Qualities
  • On Places
  • 9. Fox and Hedgehog
  • On Concepts
  • Architectural Repertoire
  • 10. The Intervolumetric City
  • On Space and Object
  • 11. The Outside is the Inside of Outside
  • On Inside and Outside
  • 12. Still Here While Being There
  • On Boundaries and Thresholds
  • 13. Porosity
  • On Interpenetration
  • 14. Walking in the City
  • On Motion
  • 15. No Ideas but in Things
  • On Materiality
  • 16. City as Text
  • On Signs and Expressions
  • 17. A Well-Considered Spatial Framework
  • On Structure
  • Urban Design
  • 18. A Method for the Concrete Case
  • On Design
  • Bibliography
  • Picture Credits