Main entry:

Casanova, Helena, author.

Title & Author:

Public space acupuncture : strategies and interventions for activating city life / Helena Casanova & Jesús Hernández.

Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2014.

Description:

324 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 17 x 24 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-317).
Introduction : Urban form, another principle actor: mending and acupuncture / Oriol Bohigas ; Public space architecture / Jesús Hernández -- 1. Time-based strategies : Short-term strategies : Case study A: Lausanne Jardins 2009, Lausanne, Switzerland -- Test Case #01: Temporary intervention "Green windows", Lausanne, Switzerland -- Test Case #02: Temporary intervention "Senses cocktail", Appeltern, The Netherlands -- Mutating Strategies : Case Study B: Museumsquartier Courtyard, Vienna, Austria -- Test Case #03: Morpheus, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China -- Test Case #04: Grassscapes, Antwerp, Belgium -- Long-term strategies based on temporary interventions : Case Study C: "This is not a vacant lot" project, Saragossa, Spain -- Test Case #05: Temporary interventions in vacant lots, Madrid, Spain -- Test Case #06: Floating parks, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- 2. Citizen participation : Citizens as decision makers: co-management strategies : Case Study D: I love to play! & painting initiative, Tirana, Albania -- Test Case #07: Velluters citizen strategy in vacant lots: Valencia, Spain -- Test Case #08: Sandleiten, Vienna, Austria -- Citizens as designers: co-creative strategies : Case Study E: City Park Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark -- Test Case #09: Lijnbaan urban courtyards, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Test Case #10: Central Park. Rajka, Hungary -- Test Case #11: Can Escandell Park. Ibiza, Spain -- Citizens as builders: co-production strategies : Case Study F: Urban gardens, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Test Case #12: Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- Test Case #13: Rusovce, Bratislava, Slovakia -- 3. Place making : City as a stage : Case Study G: Harborfront, Copenhagen, Denmark -- Test Case #14: Schuytgraaf, Arhnem, The Netherlands -- Test Case #15: Ørestad South, Copenhagen, Denmark -- City as an event place : Case Study H: Beyond Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, The Netherlands -- Test Case #16: Mezaparks, Riga, Latvia -- Test Case #17: Wii-playgrounds (Van Eyck Playgrounds 2.0), Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- Test Case #18: Public space for the Asian Cultural Complex (ACC), Gwangju, South Korea -- City as an art-scape -- Case Study I: City lounge, St. Gallen, Switzerland -- Test Case #19: Green Room, Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Test Case #20: Bench Islands, Groningen, The Netherlands -- Test Case #21: Mosaic Park & Ceramic Museum. Jinzhou, China -- Analysis : Comparative graphic tables -- Public space as a stage: the symbolic economy of interventions in public places / Arnold Reijndorp.

Summary:

"Analyzes nine case studies realized in eight European cities by different designers in collaboration with different stakeholders. Based on this analysis, nine strategies of public space acupuncture have been defined, which are grouped into three general categories: time-based strategies, citizen participation and re-placemaking. The characteristics of the different strategies and how they work are illustrated using 21 projects or test-cases developed by Casanova+Hernandez in collaboration with a number of municipalities, public and private clients, as well as universities and cultural institutions. In this way, the theoretical investigation is complemented with examples of its implementation in the fields of urban planning and landscape architecture, as well as with the diffusion of the built knowledge through educational activities and thematic lectures held at several universities and cultural institutions worldwide. ... The strategies included in the book ... experiment with a wide variety of topics, including flexible strategies, bottom-up strategies, temporary interventions, citizen participation, low-cost interventions, self-building, transformable structures and nomadic interventions"--Page [13].

ISBN:

0989331709 (pbk.)
9780989331708 (pbk.)

Subject:

Public spaces Europe Design Case studies.
Public spaces Design Philosophy.
Public architecture Europe Case studies.
Urban renewal Europe Case studies.
Architecture publique Europe Études de cas.
Rénovation urbaine Europe Études de cas.
Public spaces Design.
Public spaces Design Europe Case studies.
Public architecture
Urban renewal
Stadsförnyelse.
Offentliga platser.
Europa.
Europe

Form/genre:

Case studies
Études de cas.

Added entries:

Hernández, Jesús, 1967- author.
Casanova+Hernandez Architects, architect.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289987
Call No.: BIB 232716
Status: Available