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Les refuges périurbains : un art à habiter

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Ce livre raconte un programme unique au monde : la conception, la construction et l’usage de 10 refuges périurbains – 10 oeuvres d’art, qui dialoguent avec un territoire et accompagnent de nouvelles pratiques sociales. Situées dans des enclaves de verdure au sein d’un environnement urbain dense, ou offrant une vue spectaculaire sur l’industrie, le port, l’aménagement, les refuges mettent en scène la relation du bâti et du site… Adossées à un Sentier Métropolitain de randonnée pédestre de 200 km, ces refuges sont des oeuvres performées par les marcheurs qui y passent, y dorment, y rêvent.

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Banlieues vues d'ailleurs

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Des responsables étrangers travaillant en France apportent leurs regards et leurs expériences croisés sur les banlieues. Echanges institutionnels, initiatives économiques, créations culturelles, etc., leurs enseignements invitent à développer d'autres formes de relations avec les habitants pour donner une image attractive des quartiers populaires.

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Above and beyond : visualizing change in small towns and rural areas

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How exactly do small towns become suburbs? How do country roads turn into commercial strips? And what can planners do to prevent these changes in the future? Using the state of Vermont as the rural ideal, the authors compare contemporary vs. traditional development to demonstrate how today's primary way of developing land - suburban sprawl - is forever changing the look of rural American. Using a host of aerial photographs - many altered through computer simulation to illustrate how landscapes are transformed over time - "Above and beyond" argues for a return to traditional development patterns that produce more compact cities and towns. Highlighting widespread trends in contemporary land development - from fragmentation (our tendency to spread out) to separation (our tendencey to allocate separate areas of town for living, working, shopping and playing) - the authors offer case examples of coummunities that have succeeded in curbing those trends. They show how these communities have invigorated their town centers; lured home buyers back to town; integrated working, shopping and recreation areas; nurtured a sense of identity and community; rewritten land-use regulations to allow for more compact developing; and overcome the "cars rule" mentality of suburban development.

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Banlieues une anthologie

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Toutes les banlieues du monde ne se ressemblent pas et les banlieues nées de l'urbanisation française méritent une présentation spécifique à laquelle cette anthologie prétend. Comment définir la "banlieue" et les "banlieues"? Quelles en sont les caractéristiques? Quels processus socio-urbains s'y dessinent, quels avenirs s'y annoncent, quels imaginaires s'y enracinent? Une introduction accompagne les textes rassemblés ici ainsi qu'une copieuse bibliographie et une filmographie commentée.

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Pavillons de banlieue

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Ce travail monographique analyse, grâce aux exemples récents réalisés par des architectes de renom international, la difficulté d'intégrer dans les vides du puzzle suburbain de nouveaux volumes d'habitation qui abordent les contraintes avec des solutions techniques et formelles exemplaires. Magnifiquement illustré, ce volume analyse 22 projets de Pavillons de Banlieue soigneusement sélectionné pour leur créativité et leur génie dans le rapport qu'ils entretiennent avec la rue, le jardin et l'espace intime de l'intérieur. En prenant en compte la nécessité de décrire rigoureusement les projets par le biais de superbes photographies, de plans et de coupes, et de détails sur les matériaux, ce livre offre l'information indispensable sur toutes les étapes du processus de la création architecturale.

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Architecture and suburbia: from english villa to American dream house, 1690-2000

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The American suburban dream house-a single-family, detached dwelling, frequently clustered in tight rows and cul-de-sacs-has been attacked for some time as homogeneous and barren, yet the suburbs are home to half of the American population. Architectural historian John Archer suggests the endurance of the ideal house is deeply rooted in the notions of privacy, property, and selfhood that were introduced in late seventeenth-century England and became the foundation of the American nation and identity. Spanning four centuries, Architecture and Suburbia explores phenomena ranging from household furnishings and routines to the proliferation of the dream house in parallel with Cold War politics. Beginning with John Locke, whose Enlightenment philosophy imagined individuals capable of self-fulfillment, Archer examines the eighteenth-century British bourgeois villa and the earliest London suburbs. He recounts how early American homeowners used houses to establish social status and how twentieth-century Americans continued to flock to single-family houses in the suburbs, encouraged by patriotism, fueled by consumerism, and resisting disdain by disaffected youths, designers, and intellectuals. Finally, he recognizes “hybridized” or increasingly diverse American suburbs as the dynamic basis for a strengthened social fabric. From Enlightenment philosophy to rap lyrics, from the rise of a mercantile economy to discussions over neighborhoods, sprawl, and gated communities, Archer addresses the past, present, and future of the American dream house. John Archer is professor of cultural studies and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. His book The Literature of British Domestic Architecture, 1715-1842, is the standard reference on the subject, and he also contributed to the Encyclopedia of Urban America and the Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Architecture.

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Le transport collectif à l'épreuve de la banlieue du Grand Montréal

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Territoire de prédilection de développement axé sur le transport en commun (Transit-oriented development), la banlieue est toutefois moins formellement remise en question que revisitée. Le défi n’est pas pour autant facile à relever. C’est à l’examen de cet enjeu qu’est consacré le présent ouvrage.

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Manifest destiny: a guide to the essential indifference of American suburban housing

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On 18 October 2002, Jason Griffiths and Alex Gino set out to explore the American suburbs. Over 178 days they drove 22,383 miles, made 134 suburban house calls and took 2,593 photographs. In Manifest Destiny, Griffiths reveals the results of this exploration. Structured through 58 short chapters, the anthology offers an architectural pattern book of suburban conditions all focused not on the unique or specific but the placeless. These chapters are complemented by an introduction by Griffiths and an afterword by Swiss architectural historian Martino Stierli.

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Pastoral capitalism: A history of suburban corporate landscapes

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By the end of the twentieth century, America’s suburbs contained more office space than its central cities. Many of these corporate workplaces were surrounded, somewhat incongruously, by verdant vistas of broad lawns and leafy trees. In Pastoral Capitalism, Louise Mozingo describes the evolution of these central (but often ignored) features of postwar urbanism in the context of the modern capitalist enterprise. This book offers an indispensible chapter in urban history, examining not only the design of corporate landscapes but also the economic, social, and cultural models that determined their form.

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Pleasure drives and promenades : a history of Frederick Law Olmsted's Brooklyn Parkways

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Brooklyn’s Parkway Plan of pleasure drives and promenades was the collaborative undertaking of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Prospect and Central parks with partner Calvert Vaux, and forward-looking park commissioner, James S. T. Stranahan. Featuring contemporary architectural drawings and period illustrations, Pleasure Drives and Promenades charts the inception and early implementation of their plan as well as its lasting influence on the urban landscape.