Title & Author:

City as loft : adaptive reuse as a resource for sustainable urban development / Martina Baum ; Kees Christiaanse, eds.

Publication:

Zürich : ETH Zurich : GTA Verlag, [2012]
©2012

Description:

383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
City as loft / Martina Baum -- Traces of the city as loft / Kees Christiaanse -- Factory, studio, loft: there goes the neighbourhood? / Andy Pratt -- From SoHo to SumCity / Tobias Armborst, Daniel D'Oca, Georgeen Theodore -- Beyond the loft / Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal -- Transformation & adaptive reuse -- Detroit : fallow lands as breeding grounds / Martina Baum -- Brownfields: characteristics and atmosphere / Jürgen Hasse -- Conversions in urban history / Caroline Jäger-Klein -- The social value of transformation / Angelus Eisinger -- Preserving social capital in urban regeneration / Jun Wang -- You can't just paint patina on / interview with Regula Lüscher -- the economic aspects of real-estate development / Stephan Bone-Winkel, Holger Matheis -- More than just bricks and mortar / interview with Tom Bloxham -- Creating communities / interview with Bertram Schultze -- International projects -- Introduction Europe / Jochem Schneider -- Things nesting in every brick / interview with Neo Rauch -- Berlin : reconquering urban space / Tobias Kruse -- Introduction Eastern Europe & Russia / Milica Topalovic -- Do it yourself and don't give up / interview with Asya Filippova -- Introduction Asia / Ying Zhou -- Perservation in the Asian context / interview with Yan Meng -- Introduction South America / Marcos Leite Rosa -- Introduction North America / Tobias Armborst, Daniel D'Oca, Georgeen Theodore -- Ambient background and enabling stage / interview with James Corner -- Perception & summary -- The future of manufacturing in cities / Adam Friedman -- Spending a lot of time speaking / interview with John Edel -- Potential of vacancy / Erik Rietveld, Ronald Rietveld -- Temporary use: more opportunities than risks / interview with Matthias Bürgin -- Space for a hundred worlds / interview with Annette Gigon, Mike Guyer -- It's all about places, people and having a vision / Martina Baum.
Includes sections on the Distillery District, Toronto, and Granville Island, Vancouver.

Summary:

"It's always about each specific location, the people, and a vision. This is the message distilled from these portraits of 30 reused industrial areas. In a wide variety of places all round the globe, reinterpretations of the legacy of the industrial age are releasing tremendous potential energy and creativity - in the USA, Russia, Brazil and China just as much as in Europe. The book examines the background, protagonists and concepts involved and shows various strategies for reuse. In essays and interviews, specialists from both the theoretical and practical fields explain their findings and experiences. Dutch book designer Joost Grootens, well known for his self-explanatory 'infographics', has given the 30 projects a visual form allowing fascinating comparisons."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

3856763023 (paperback)
9783856763022 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Industrial Conservation and restoration Case studies.
Industrial buildings Remodeling for other use Case studies.
Sustainable urban development Case studies.
Architecture industrielle Conservation et restauration Études de cas.
Constructions industrielles Reconversion Études de cas.
Urbanisme durable Études de cas.
Architecture, Industrial Conservation and restoration
Industrial buildings Remodeling for other use
Sustainable urban development
Stadtplanung
Industriebau
Nutzungsänderung
Loft
Industriële archeologie.
Bouwkunst.
Herbestemming.
Distillery District (Toronto, Ont.)
Granville Island (Vancouver, B.C.)

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Baum, Martina, editor.
Christiaanse, Kees, editor.
Baum, Martina
Christiaanse, Kees

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282421
Call No.: BIB 219925
Status: Available