Title & Author:

Visionary power : producing the contemporary city / [edited by Christine de Baan, Joachim Declerck, Véronique Patteeuw].

Publication:

Description:

295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This publication appears parallel to 'Visionary Power', one of the main exhibitions of the Third International Architecture Biennal[e] of Rotterdam (IABR) ... curated by the Berlage Institute and held from 24 May to 2 September 2007 in Rotterdam."--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface : What about the lifeboats? / George Brugmans -- Prologue : The power of architectural thought / Vedran Mimica -- The city as political form / Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara -- Astana versus Almaty / IND (Inter. National. Design) -- Cadavre exquis Lebanese / WORK Architecture Company -- Moscow prefabricated / Alexander Sverdlov -- Public architecture and the social framework of power / Sharon Zukin -- Power paradoxes / Martijin de Waal -- The zone / Keller Easterling -- Moore's Law meets sustainability -- The new city of Luoyang / Yimin Zhu -- Garden state, backyard city / Princeton University Center for Architecture, Urbanism and infrastructure -- In praise of discontinuity / Gabriele Mastrigli -- Power urbanism / Martijin de Waal -- Cities of spectacle / John Urry -- The power of UNESCO World Heritage / bad architects group -- Reintroducing the city in Havana / a-u-r-a- and FÜND BV -- Roman holiday / baukuh -- Architecture in the age of globalization / Kenneth Frampton -- Power modernisms / Martijin de Waal -- Failure of the formal / Alfredo Brilembour and Hubert Klumpner -- Peripheral landscapes / arquitectura 911sc -- Levittown retrofitted / Estudio Cruz -- Watery voids / MMBB -- Powerifications / Martijin de Waal -- Meditations on razor wire / Lieven De Cauter and Michiel Dehaene -- From Denver to Dainfern / blacklinesonwhitepaper and Motsepe Architects -- Cité de refuge / Office Kersten Geers, David Van Severen -- Contesting neoliberal urbanization / Roemer van Toorn -- Power cities / Martijin de Waal -- Epilogue : Emblems of the city after the end of history / Joachim Declerck.

Summary:

"Never before have so many people lived in an urban environment. The contemporary city is the arena in which diverse forms of power and the far-reaching impact of globalization interact. But while we collectively repeat these mantras and witness the worldwide explosion of cities, the concept of the city has become increasingly undefined and unexamined. This confronts us with issues that are becoming more and more urgent: What is the city? Who and what 'produces' it? Which forces steer its development? And what is the potential role of the architect?" "Visionary Power - Producing the Contemporary City serves as a source of new expertise on the future of the city in the twenty-first century. The book draws together research on the foundations of the contemporary city, discusses forces that have a bearing on its development, formulates the task for architects and urban designers, and presents strategies with which they can operate in the midst of this interplay of forces." "Containing clear-cut viewpoints from internationally renowned researchers, polemical analyses and innovative strategies and projects, this publication will serve as a handbook to those who find themselves confronted with the urgent need for probing reflection on the city of today and of the future."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

9789056625795 (pbk.)
9056625799 (pbk.)

Subject:

City planning Congresses.
Architecture, Modern Congresses.
Architecture, Modern
City planning
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtplanung
Städtebau

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Baan, Christine de.
Declerck, Joachim.
Patteeuw, Véronique.
Berlage Instituut.
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (3rd : 2007)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 252977
Call No.: BIB 182272
Status: Available