Title & Author:

The city as resource : texts and projects 2005-2014 : Chair of Prof. Kees Christiaanse, ETH Zurich / editors, Tim Rieniets, Nicolas Kretschmann, Myriam Perret ; authors, Martina Baum [... and others] ; translation from German, Katherine Taylor, Maisie Fitzpatrick.

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis Verlag GmbH, [2014]
©2014

Description:

248 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248).
The city as resource : an introduction / Tim Rieniets -- Situations : about exploring, depicting, and changing urban space / Benedikt Boucsein -- Depicting : photography as a means for identification of urban potentials : a project in Zurich / Foto Project -- Mapping : deficits and potentials of cartographic representations of urban spaces / Time Rieniets -- Images of the city : photographic observation, analysis, and projection of urban qualities / Michael Wagner -- Realms of opportunity : designing for an open future / Christian Salewski -- Designing openness : urban design options for the re-use of an airfield : a project in Dübendorf / Urban Design Studio -- Imagination : images as means for design and communication / Thomas Kovári -- Narration : storytelling as an urban design tool / Simon Kretz -- Alternative urban practices : production of space beyond state and market / Anne Mikoleit -- Valorization : planning of urban value constellations / Daniel Kiss -- Designing resilience : the combination of stability and flexibility as resource : a project in Belgrade / Urban Design Studio -- Re-use : from exception to normality : re-use in urban development / Martina Baum -- Reinterpreting : urban design strategies for valorizing a large-scale housing complex : a project in Perm / Urban Design Studio -- Urbanity of things : relationship potential and wealth of relations as urban resource / Simon Kretz, Christian Salewski -- Space for encounters : publicly used spaces as the connection within the city / Tim Rieniets -- Reorganization : new urban qualities in existing structures : a project in Rotterdam / Urban Design Studio -- Parcellation and transformation : significance of the city layout for the adaptability of urban structures / Christian Salewski -- Enablement : strategy as a means of enabling private building ventures : a project in Istanbul / Urban Design Studio -- Create resistance : breeding grounds for urban developments : a project in Chengdu / Urban Design Studio.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

"Resources are the stuff of which the future is made. The city itself is a resource, as it opens up a wide range of possibilities for every individual and for society as a whole. The city is not an inexhaustible resource, however. Only if it is used in a sustainable way and if it does not solely serve short-term, isolated interests, can it also fulfill the needs of future generations. The biggest challenge for contemporary urban design is, therefore, to plan the city itself as a regenerative cycle, not only in terms of shaping its spatial and aesthetic qualities, but also in relation to its development over time. Using articles, student projects, and examples, this book presents methods and strategies for designing the city as a resource; it thus lends a new meaning to the idea of sustainable building"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9783868591446 (English edition ; pbk.)
3868591443 (English edition ; pbk.)

Subject:

Sustainable urban development.
Urbanisme durable.
Stadsplanering.
Offentliga platser.
Hållbar utveckling.

Added entries:

Rieniets, Tim, editor, author.
Kretschmann, Nicolas, 1972- editor.
Perret, Myriam, 1987- editor.
Baum, Martina, author.
Taylor, Katherine (Translator), translator.
Fitzpatrick, Maisie, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296647
Call No.: BIB 237761
Notes: publisher's band
Status: Available

Location: Library main 293111
Call No.: BIB 237761
Status: Available