Main entry:

Childs, Mark C., 1959-

Title & Author:

Urban composition : developing community through design / Mark C. Childs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2012.

Description:

143 pages : illustrations (some color), map (some color) ; 22 cm.

Series:

Architecture briefs

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-143).
Contexts : The land ; Built venues ; Public space ; Design domains ; Political-economic sectors ; Tectonic markets ; Dancing in the street ; Fictive landscapes ; Taste cultures -- Built species : Symbionts ; Public works ; Naturalizing clones ; Life stages -- Framing and reframing : Mapping ; Community consultation ; Riffing ; Layers ; Cultural shifts -- Infectious design : New grounds ; Webs of authorship ; Collaborative networks ; Community adoption -- Design editors : Working with copy editors ; Field testing ; Becoming an editor ; Public professionals.

Summary:

Cities and towns are among humanity's largest and most complex achievements. The buildings, public works, plazas and parks of even a small town embody substantial amounts of capital, energy, natural resources, history, and aspirations. Cities are among our greatest creations, yet typically no single individual creates them. Rather they arise from the dialog between multiple designers, clients, regulators, citizens, critics and users. Sometimes the cities and towns that emerge are glorious places. Too frequently they have only fragments of greatness or are soul-deadening and environmentally unhealthy. Just as private doctors have responsibilities to their individual patients and for public health, project designers are accountable to their clients and for a set of public goods such as environmental stewardship, fostering civil society, and inspiring joy. In Urban Composition, I introduce essential ways in which the architects, planners, artists and engineers of individual projects can fulfill their public trust to help make great urban places.

Resources:
ebrary

ISBN:

9781616890520 (alk. paper)
1616890525 (alk. paper)

Subject:

City planning Social aspects.
Architecture Human factors.
Architecture Facteurs humains.

Added entries:

Architecture briefs.

Developing community through design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278038
Call No.: BIB 213401
Status: Available