Main entry:

Kärrholm, Mattias.

Title & Author:

Retailising space : architecture, retail and the territorialisation of public space / by Mattias Kärrholm.

Publication:

Burlington : Ashgate Pub. Co., 2012.

Description:

x, 161 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Ashgate studies in architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.
Introduction : Retail/shopping spaces, architecture and everyday life ; Towards a territorology of architecture ; The territorial structure of public space -- Retail autonomisation: territorial separation : A history of retail spaces and the city: the case of Sweden ; The modernisation of retail trade (1850-1950) ; The department store era (1950-1970) ; Malls and big box retail landscapes (1980-2000) ; Actors in the Swedish urban retail system ; Separation and autonomy -- The pedestrian precinct: territorial stabilisation : The pedestrian street -- Shopping and the rhythms of urban life: territorial synchronisation : Synchronisation of urban rhythms: a short history ; Commercial synchronisations in Malmö ; Retailing ; Flows and movements ; Cultural events and special occasions ; Activities ; Bodily rhythms ; Collectives ; Architecture and synchronisation ; Synchronisation and territorialisation: towards isorhythmic public space? -- The transformation of retail building types: territorial singularisation : Building types ; Territorial sorts ; Building types of the consumer society ; Singularisation -- Architecture and the production of public space: territorial complexities: Interstitiality ; Public domain as a matter of concern ; Architecture and the production of public space ; Serial collectives and territorial complexities ; Interstitiality and material responsivity -- Retailising space (towards an architectural territorology) -- Postscript : A short vocabulary.

Summary:

Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of new kinds of retail space. Retail space has cropped up just about everywhere in the urban landscape: in libraries, workplaces, churches and museums. In short, retail is becoming a more and more manifest part of the public domain. The traditional spaces of retail, such as city centres and outlying shopping malls, are either increasing in size or disappearing, producing new urban types and whole environments totally dedicated to retail. The creation of these new retail spaces has brought about a re- and de-territorialisation of urban public space, and has also led to transformations in urban design and type of materials used, and even in the logic and ways through which these design amenities meet the needs of retailers and/or consumers. This book describes how the retailisation of public domains affects our everyday life and our use of the built environment. Taking an architectural and territorial perspective on this issue, it looks specifically at how retail and consumption spaces have changed and territorialised urban life in different ways. It then develops a methodology and a set of concepts to describe and understand the role of architecture in these territorial transformations.

Resources:
ebrary

ISBN:

9781409430988 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409430987 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781409430995 (ebook)
1409430995 (ebook)

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Retail trade Social aspects.
Public spaces.
Spatial behavior.
Architecture et société.
Commerce de détail Aspect social.
Espaces publics.

Added entries:

Ashgate studies in architecture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284282
Call No.: BIB 223005
Status: Available