Title & Author:

Masterplanning the adaptive city : computational urbanism in the twenty-first century / edited by Tom Verebes.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
©2014

Description:

xiv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I CONTEXT: ENDURANCE, OBSOLESCENCE, AND CHANGE---A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION -- ch. 1 The City As Cultural And Technological Expression / Tom Verebes -- 1.1. Globalization and Networks -- 1.2. The Edge of Chaos -- 1.3. The Associative Logic of Urbanism -- ch. 2 Projective Architectures: The Question Of Borders In A Connected World / Marina Lathouri -- ch. 3 Conversation 1 / Tom Verebes -- ch. 4 The New New / Tom Verebes -- 4.1. Ancient China and The New -- 4.2. Urban Europe: A Brief History of Its Industrialization and Planning -- 4.3. The Paradigm of the New World Instant City -- 4.4. The Dubai Mirage -- ch. 5 Informal City: Design as Political Engagement / Jorge Fiori -- ch. 6 Conversation 2 / Gao Yan -- ch. 7 Urbanization and Erasure / Tom Verebes -- 7.1. The Trouble with Speed Freaks -- 7.2. Ghosts of the Past -- 7.3. An Ecological Model for Twenty-First Centuy Urbanism -- 7.4. The Problem of Functionality, Endurance, and Obsolescence.
Contents note continued: 7.5. Time, Change, and Adaptation -- ch. 8 Public-Spheres: Atmosphere And Adaptable Space In Hong Kong / Jonathan D. Solomon -- Something in the Air -- Hong Kong's Public-Sphere -- The City as Natural Artifice -- ch. 9 Conversation 3 / Tom Verebes -- Case Study Qianhai Masterplan, Shenzen, China / James Corner -- Case Study Flowing Gardens, International Horticultural Expo, Xi'An, China / Plasma Studio -- pt. II CONCEPTS/PARADIGMS: NEW PARADIGMS AND PRACTICES IN URBANISM -- ch. 10 The Death Of Masterplanning In The Age Of Indeterminacy / Tom Verebes -- 10.1. Planning and/or Emergence -- 10.2. Teleological Fallacies of the Masterplanner -- 10.3. Principles of Uncertainty: Planning after the Global Financial Crisis -- 10.4.Complex systems, Equilibrium, and Emergence -- 10.5. Parametric Patterns and Models of Evolutionary Urbanism -- ch. 11 Free-Market Urbanism: Urbanism Beyond Planning / Patrik Schumacher -- ch. 12 Conversation 4 / Tom Verebes.
Contents note continued: Case Study One North Singapore Science Hub, Singapore / Zaha Hadid Architects -- Case Study Urban China Research Ocean Cn -- Case Study Kaili Ethnic Cultural Compound, Guizhou, China dotA and Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute -- pt. III METHODOLOGIES: TOOLS AND MOVING TARGETS -- ch. 13 A New Toolbox For Adaptable Masterplanning / Tom Verebes -- 13.1. Models as Information -- 13.2. Parameter Space, Solution Space, Urban Space -- 13.3. Simulation and Gaming Environments as Management Systems -- ch. 14 Morphogenetic Urbanism: Toward A Materialist Approach To Masterplanning / Peter Trummer -- The Aggregated Figure -- The Ground as Matter -- Case Study Parametric Pearl River Delta Ocean Cn -- Case Study Serial Systems: Remodeling Hong Kong Housing Ocean Cn -- Case Study Density And Openness Revisited: Recoding Building Bulk In Hong Kong Rocker-Lange Architects -- ch. 15 Computational Urbanism / Tom Verebes.
Contents note continued: 15.1. The Evolution of Computational Methodologies and Urbanism -- 15.2. Automation, Optioneering, and Optimization -- 15.3. Parametric Urbanism -- ch. 16 Parametric Urbanism Redux: Urban Design And Complexity In An Age Of Infinite Computing / David Jason Gerber -- ch. 17 Conversation 5 / Tom Verebes -- Case Study Yan Jiao Hua Run 4D City, Hebei Province, China dotA and Ocean Cn -- Case Study Mica Urban Picturesque, Geneva, Switzerland Group8 Architects and Kaisersrot -- Case Study The Megablock And Its Populated Field, And The Aggregation Of Streets / Peter Trummer -- Case Study Endurance And Obsolescence Toolbox: Studies Of Adaptable Masterplanning The University of Hong Kong -- pt. IV PROJECTIONS: PROTOTYPING MULTIPLE FUTURES -- ch. 18 Endurance, Obsolescence, And The Adaptive City / Tom Verebes -- 18.1. New Prototypical Practices -- 18.2. Typological Variants and Topological Transformations -- 18.3. Icons and Innovation.
Contents note continued: 18.4. Control, Resilience, and Change -- Case Study Deep Ground: Regeneration Masterplan For Longgang Center And Longcheng Square, Shenzhen, China Groundlab -- Case Study Xin Tian Di Factory H, Hangzhou, China Serie Architects -- Case Study Regeneration Of Phoenix Shopping Street, Beijing, China Xwg Studio -- Case Study Ordos Museum, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Mad -- Case Study Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point Passenger Terminal Building, Hong Kong Sar/Shenzhen, China Hong Kong Parametric Design Association, dotA, and Ocean Cn -- Case Study Counterpart Cities: Futureport, Hong Kong Sar, Shenzhen, China The University of Hong Kong Research Team, Led by Tom Verebes -- ch. 19 Conversation 6 / Tom Verebes.

Summary:

Computational design has become widely accepted into mainstream architecture, but this is the first book to advocate applying it to create adaptable masterplans for rapid urban growth, urban heterogeneity, through computational urbanism. Practitioners and researchers here discuss ideas from the fields of architecture, urbanism, the natural sciences, computer science, economics, and mathematics to find solutions for managing urban change in Asia and developing countries throughout the world. Divided into four parts (historical and theoretical background, our current situation, methodologies, and prototypical practices), the book includes a series of essays, interviews, built case studies, and original research to accompany chapters written by editor Tom Verebes to give you the most comprehensive overview of this approach. Essays by Marina Lathouri, Jorge Fiori, Jonathan Solomon, Patrik Schumacher, Peter Trummer, and David Jason Gerber. Interviews with Dana Cuff, Xu Wei Guo, Matthew Prior, Tom Barker, Su Yunsheng, and Brett Steele.

Resources:
Title page and table of contents

ISBN:

9780415534796 (hb ; alk. paper)
0415534798 (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415534802 (pb ; alk. paper)
0415534801 (pb ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9780203428054

Subject:

City planning Data processing.
Urbanization History 21st century.
Urbanisation Histoire 21e siècle.
Urbanization.
Computersimulation
Stadtplanung
Verstädterung

Form/genre:

Interviews.
Essays.
History.

Added entries:

Verebes, Tom, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292608
Call No.: BIB 236969
Status: Available