Main entry:

Shannon, Kelly.

Title & Author:

The landscape of contemporary infrastructure / Kelly Shannon, Marcel Smets.

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, 2010.

Description:

272 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.
1. Imprints of mobility on the landscape : Introduction : Shaping mobility through infrastructure -- Standard profiles as a means of identification : Lechwiesen service station, Munich-Lindau Highway, Germany ; Bilbao Metro, Bilbao, Spain ; Houston Metrorail, Houston, Texas ; Curitiba bus system, Curitiba, Brazil ; Leidsche Rijn Bridges, Utrecht, the Netherlands -- The network as a gateway to regional character : Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado ; TGV Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon and Valence, France ; A16 service station, Bay of Somme, France ; Ijburg Bridges, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Humber River Bridge, Toronto, Canada -- 2. Physical presence in the landscape : Introduction : From urbanism to engineering and back -- The artifice of hiding : Jardins Wilson, Plaine Saint-Denis, France ; Place des Célestins, Lyon, France ; Tårnby Station, Tårnby, Denmark ; Silicon Graphics, North Charleston campus, Mountain View, California -- Assimilation through camouflage : Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Norway ; Parc de la Gare D'Issy-Val de Seine, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France ; Plateau de Kirchberg, Luxembourg ; Ballet Vale Parking Garage, Miami Beach, Florida -- Fusion into a new composite : Louisville Waterfront Park, Louisville, Kentucky ; Faliron Coast, Athens, Greece ; Hoenheim-Nord Terminus, Strasbourg, France ; Verneda Parking Lot, Barcelona, Spain ; Toledo escalators and car park, Toledo, Spain -- Incorporation into a piece of megastructure : Chassé site, Breda, The Netherlands ; Gran Via de ls Corts Catalanes, Barcelona, Spain ; Porta Susa TGV station, Turin, Italy ; Baveno Bridge, Baveno, Italy -- Detachment through self-reliance : Millau Viaduct, Millau, France ; Oriente Station, Lisbon, Portugal ; Casar de Cáceres bus station, Casar de Cáceres, Spain ; North terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, DC ; Fietsappel Bike Storage, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands -- 3. The perception of landscape through movement : Introduction : Changing modes of perception -- Staging the scenery : National Routes Project, Norway ; Garabit Highway rest area, Garabit, France ; Mont Saint-Michel Jetty, Mont Saint-Michel, France ; High Line Park, New York City ; Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Station, Paris, France -- Marking transitions by a threshold : Rijeka Memorial Bridge, Rijeka, Croatia ; A16 Highway, Bienne (Switzerland) to Belfort (France) ; Craigieburn bypass, Melbourne, Australia ; Portland Aerial Tram, Portland, Oregon ; Robben Island Ferry Terminal, Cape Town, South Africa ; Enkhuizen Naviduct and Dike, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands -- The montage of distinctive sequences : Strasbourg Tram (Line A), Strasbourg, France ; Douro Promenade, Porto to Matosinhos, Portugal ; Øresund Bridge and Tunnel, Copenhagen (Denmark) to Malmö, (Sweden) ; Hangzhou Bay Bridge, Hangzhou, China -- Constructing a cinematographic itinerary : Mur Island, Graz, Austria ; Simone de Beauvoir Footbridge, Paris, France ; Salerno Maritime Terminal, Salerno, Italy ; Arnhem Central Station, Arnhem, The Netherlands ; Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea -- 4. Infrastructure as public space : Introduction : Changing perceptions of the public realm -- Beautified leftover : Murcia parking garage and plaza, Murcia, Spain ; Cedar Lake Park and Trail, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California ; Alicante tram stop, Alicante, Spain -- Money-making commodity : Leipzig Central Station, Leipzig, Germany ; Nordseepassage, Wilhelmshaven, Germany ; Kyoto Station, Kyoto, Japan ; Dubai International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Cenotaph for technological ability : Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand ; Webb Bridge, Melbourne, Australia ; Orival Service Station and Restaurants, Nivelles, Belgium ; Qinghai-Tibet Railroad, Xining (China) to Lhasa (Tibet) -- Backdrop for flux animation : Berlin Central Station, Berlin, Germany ; Yokohama Port Terminal, Yokohama, Japan ; Seattle Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, Washington ; Souterrain Tunnel Complex, The Hague, the Netherlands -- Gallery of civic understanding : Barajas Airport extension, Madrid, Spain ; Wall Street ferry terminal, New York City ; Mamihara Bridge, Kumamoto, Japan ; Intermodal Station Square, Louvain, Belgium.

Summary:

Around the globe the importance of infrastructure as the motor of economic development rising owing to increasing mobility and the need to make urban territories accessible. As a result, infrastructure networks are among the most complex and significant design tasks today.
This book investigates how the design of infrastructure actively influences the organization of the inhabited landscape. Works of infrastructure are analyzed as footprints of civilization, as physical presence, as transformers of perception, and as new vessels of collective life. The authors identify these characteristics, together with the conditions that influence them, and suggest a typology of design attitudes as revealed in recent practice around the world.
Each chapter is illustrated with key works by some of the world's most inspiring designers, including Vito Acconci, Paul Andreu, Benthem Crouwel, Dietmar Feichtinger, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Terry Farrell, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Antoine Grumbach, Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki, Bruno Mader, Maxwan, Montgomery Sisam, OMA, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, UN Studio, and Zwarts & Jansma.
The authors demonstrate how the combined creative potential of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design is essential to putting into place an efficient, modern infrastructure. The result is an indispensable instrument for everyone involved in the design of infrastructure, and for all observers of the contemporary city. --Book Jacket.

ISBN:

9789056627201
9056627201

Subject:

City planning.
Urban landscape architecture.
Paysage urbain.
urban landscapes.
landscaping.
construction.
roads.
railways.
vision.
Stadsplanering.
Infrastruktur.
Landskapsarkitektur.

Added entries:

Smets, Marcel, 1947-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266406
Call No.: BIB 198208
Status: Available