Title & Author:

Visionary cities / t?f, the Why Factory ; [editors, Winy Maas with Alexander Sverdlov and Emily Waugh].

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAi Publishers ; New York : [Distributed by] D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, ©2009.

Description:

230 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm

Series:

Future cities

Notes:
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
The death of the collective : The solitary: our dreams are undermining the city -- The iconic: our idols have been compromised -- The fun: we are having too much fun -- The time of the NGO : The miniature: big architects are doing small work -- The complex: the city is being held hostage by procedure -- The cautious: being careful is killing us -- Crisis to crisis : The faithful: we have lost our leader -- The green: this green is preventing the real green -- The poor: slums are growing bigger than the cities they are apart of -- Out of paint : The old: we are frozen between the past and the future -- The re: everything has been (re)done before -- The future: our future is being imagined without us -- Afterword : Why be visionary? / Winy Maas.

Summary:

"Visionary cities" sets the agenda for the city of the future. This first publication in the "Future Cities Series" is intended as an overview of the issues that The Why Factory is addressing and to outline this research institute's ambitions and modus operandi for the coming years. In each of the book's chapters, whether about sustainability, the boom in the leisure industry or poverty, one encounters the tension between the disciplines of architecture and urbanism and the dynamics of the city itself. Each chapter is therefore a specific brief, an urgent call for visionary scenarios for the city of the future. In the concluding chapter Winy Maas advocates regarding the city first and foremost as a project for the future. Maas takes a critical standpoint vis-à-vis current urban planning practice. He argues that architecture possesses a visionary dimension that can generate new value of the city and advocates a large-scale communal agenda.

ISBN:

9789056627256
9056627252

Subject:

City planning.
Society.

Added entries:

Maas, Winy, 1959-
Sverdlov, Alexander.
Waugh, Emily.
Why Factory.
Future cities series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266470
Call No.: BIB 198331
Status: Available