Title & Author:

Infra eco logi urbanism : a project for the Great Lakes megaregion / Geoffrey Thün, Kathy Velikov, Colin Ripley, Dan McTavish ; [with contributions from Robert Fishman and John McMorrough].

Publication:

Zürich : Park Books, [2015]
©2015

Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), plans (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Statement of responsibility of contributors from preliminary page 2.
"In 2013, 'Infra Eco Logi Urbanism' was synthesized as a solo exhbition."--Page 202.
"The project assembles a multi-year investigation by the architectural practice RVTR examining extant and emerging urban systems within the megaregion and a design proposition to leverage its renewable energy and mobility systems toward resilient urban and public ends"--P. 2.
"'Infra Eco Logi Urbanism' was developed as a traveling exhibition, first opening at the Centre de Design at l'Université du Québec à Montréal, in the Winter of 2013. It was subsequently exhibited at: the Paul H. Cocker Architecture Gallery at Ryerson University, Toronto; the Paul Rudolph Hall Gallery at Yale University, New Haven; and at the Taubman College Liberty Annex Gallery at the University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor."--P. 170.
Includes bibliographical references in "Notes" (pages 196-201).
0. Introduction. Speculative Urbanism and The Future of Regions -- SCALING UP. Essay / by Robert Fishman -- 1. Frame: Conceptual Geography. Design Operations After Territory -- System: Networks and Sheds - Regional Cartographies -- Structure: Physical Artifacts of the Urban -- Code: Policies, Protocols, Practices -- Intervention: Systematic Leverage -- 2. Form: Fragmentary Utopistics. Utopian and Utopistic Forms -- Fragmentary Utopistics: Three Cases -- 3. Figure: Toward A Megaregional Public. Conduit Urbanism: Structuring the Common -- Constructing Discourse: Exhibition and Debate -- ATONING FOR EDUCABILITY THROUGH DELICATE BEAUTY. Afterword / by John McMorrough.

Summary:

The Great Lakes Megaregion is the largest and most populated network of metropolitan regions in North America. With an estimated population of sixty million, its territory encompasses major urban areas, including Chicago, Detroit, Windsor, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Buffalo, and Montreal. It also boasts a significant cache of natural resources including one-fifth of the world's fresh water by surface area as well as thriving agricultural and manufacturing industries and numerous major research universities. The culmination of a recent project by the design firm RVTR, Infra Eco Logi Urbanism considers the role of design in shaping the future of the Great Lakes Megaregion. In order to envision regional possibility in an age of renewable energy, escalating mobility, and increasing urbanization, the project assembles regional maps, design propositions, photographs, related architectural projects, and critical writings, all of which explore the region's key challenges. Rounding out the volume is a foreword that explores the role of transportation infrastructure in the development of the region and an afterword that situates this project within the broader architectural project of imagining possible future worlds. -- Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9783906027722 paperback
3906027724 paperback

Subject:

City planning Great Lakes Region (North America)
Urban policy Great Lakes Region (North America)
City planning Great Lakes (North America)
Politique urbaine Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord)
City planning
Regional planning Great Lakes (North America)
Great Lakes Region (North America) Maps.
Great Lakes Region (North America) Pictorial works.
Grands Lacs, Région des (Amérique du Nord) Ouvrages illustrés.
Great Lakes

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Thün, Geoffrey, 1967- author.
Velikov, Kathy, author.
Ripley, Colin (Professor of architecture), author.
McTavish, Dan, author.
Fishman, Robert, 1946- author.
McMorrough, John, author.
Thün, Geoffrey, 1967-
Velikov, Kathy
Ripley, Colin
Mctavish, Dan
Fishman, Robert, 1946-
McMorrough, John
University of Michigan. A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, sponsoring body.
RVTR (Firm)
Université du Québec à Montréal. Centre de design
Paul H. Cocker Gallery
Paul Rudolph Hall. Gallery
University of Michigan. A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning. Liberty Gallery.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290326
Call No.: BIB 233323
Status: Available